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The Walking Dead studio Telltale hit with layoffs

The layoffs come a few months after revelations that Telltale was a studio mired in toxic management that included employees subjected to constant overwork. Once an industry darling, working on iconic brands like Game of Thrones and Minecraft, Telltale quickly spiraled. In June, co-founder and former CEO Kevin Bruner sued the company seeking recovery of financial damages. Telltale described the suit as “meritless” and “an apparent means of extracting revenge on a company already under financial strain

Apparently Telltale games is done completely.

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/report ... s-canceled

Telltale Games is closing its doors for good according to multiple reports online. Telltale employees are also posting on social media that they are no longer employed with the company. An anonymous source familiar with the situation has told USgamer that Telltale filed for bankruptcy.

So no Wolf Among Us 2?

Poate intervine cineva si ii cumpara. THQ Nordic? Devolver? Paradox? Fingers crossed

Tare aș vrea să știu cum e posibil având în vedere succesul lor comercial și faptul că au scos nșpe jocuri pe același engine obosit.

Și eu am fost surprins tot din cauza asta. Cine știe ce manevre a făcut cineva din cadrul companiei, pentru bugetul alocat lor, jocurile cred că s-au vândut destul. Și majoritatea au fost primite bine, dacă mă uit pe Steam mai toate au Very Positive la ratings.

Mă rog, mie mi-au plăcut la început, cu Tales of Monkey Island și Sam and Max, dar și The Wolf Among us sună bine.

Ce ciudat. Credeam ca le merge foarte bine, nu ma asteptam sa aiba probleme. I-am urmarit si le-am jucat unele jocuri odata cu primul lor Sam and Max in 2006. A fost cam prima companie asociata cu genul adventure post-2000. Si printre cele mai importante din acest gen de atunci pana acum. Mi-au placut Sam and Max, Tales Of Monkey Island, The Walking Dead. Restul inca nu le-am jucat. Imi pare rau.

N-as zice ca au avut succes foarte mare financiar in afara de primul Walking Dead.



Si au facut prostia sa-si umfle studioul mai mult decat puteau sa intretina, aparent au avut 250 de angajati pana recent, un numar enorm de oameni pe care sa-i platesti facand jocuri apartinand unei nise.

Problema lor e ca au tot scos noi serii in loc sa le termine pe celelalte. Dar mai ales aiurea e ca au scos jocuri pe banda rulanta fara sa inoveze mare branza. Intre Walking Dead si Game of Thrones pe care le-am butonat au fost 2 ani jumate si formula era absolut identica, asadar atat calitatile cat si defectele lor au ramas o constanta. Asadar critica pe care am avut-o la Walking Dead in privinta iluziei alegerii nu se schimba si tare mi-e teama ca toate jocurile lor au parte de aceeasi situatie.

E simpatic gimmick-ul cu alegeri multiple pana cand iti dai seama ca ele influenteaza chestii marunte si nu-ti ofera finaluri prea diferite. O sa sun ca o moara stricata, dar Alpha Protocol este the golden standard in materie de sistem de alegeri iar ala era un RPG, un gen in care desi povestea este importanta tot n-are aportul pe care-l are intr-un adventure. Tin minte cand ma jucam TWD ca eram entuziasmat de posibiltatile pe care le deschideau alegerile pana cand mi-am dat seama ca de fapt jocul nu deviaza foarte mult de la o anumita liniaritate. Si asta mi-a lasat un gust teribil de amar, chiar mai amar decat QTE-urile care nu aduc absolut nimic jocurilor astora.

Wtffff? Si aveau si The Wolf Among Us 2 in lucru.

Nasol ca the walking dead a ramas neterminat

Poti sa-l consideri terminat dupa sezonul 2. Heck, chiar 1 daca vrei sa fii multumit.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/ ... ings-game/

Update, 5:49 p.m. ET: Telltale Games has issued a statement to Ars Technica confirming that the game maker has begun taking steps to shut down completely. The full statement, below:

Today Telltale Games made the difficult decision to begin a majority studio closure following a year marked by insurmountable challenges. A majority of the company’s employees were dismissed earlier this morning, with a small group of 25 employees staying on to fulfill the company’s obligations to its board and partners. CEO Pete Hawley issued the following statement:

“It's been an incredibly difficult year for Telltale as we worked to set the company on a new course. Unfortunately, we ran out of time trying to get there. We released some of our best content this year and received a tremendous amount of positive feedback, but ultimately, that did not translate to sales. With a heavy heart, we watch our friends leave today to spread our brand of storytelling across the games industry.”

THE TRAGIC END OF TELLTALE GAMES: How an award-winning studio abruptly shuttered, as told by the people who were there

When employees showed up for work on Friday, September 21st, at Telltale Games, there was nothing to suggest the day would be different than any other. The second episode of The Walking Dead’s final season would ship the following week; developers across multiple teams were busy with plans for in-progress titles.

But only hours later, 250 people would find themselves with no job, no severance, and health insurance that would be gone by month’s end — just nine days.

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Everyone was given a folder with unemployment information and less than an hour to leave. “It was over in half an hour,” the source says. “Some loitered for a bit after to get their immediate belongings and say goodbye, but it was pretty quick. It was like a ‘one and done’ sort of thing.”

Pai nu inteleg, se aștepta cineva sa fie anunțat cu luni înainte că compania e out of cash și dead daca pierd ultimul tren de investiții? Severance? Daca aveau datorii poți fi sigur că au ajuns creditorii primii la whatever assets mai erau de vândut. It's shitty but that's how it works fara legislație de protecție a angajatilor, gen Austria.

Colegul meu de apartament lucreaza pentru o compania care a lucrat pana recent cu ei. Pur si simplu angajatii Telltale au primit dimineata mail ca au X timp sa elibereze biroul pentru ca cladirea urmeaza sa fie inchiriata.

Welp, au început să dispară jocurile lor de pe steam:

https://gamedaily.biz/article/385/tellt ... from-steam

poate ar trebui sa downloadez tot ce am de la ei pe GOG

Cred ca jocurile o sa-ti ramana in librarie pe ambele platforme, ar fi chiar naspa sa ti le scoata.