Telltale Video games is the most recent improvement studio to implement a spherical of workers layoffs.
Information of the layoffs broke late afternoon on October 5 when one of many studio’s builders revealed on X (Twitter) that Telltale laid off most of its workers in September, just some weeks after it acquired UK-based studio Flavourworks.
It is usually being reported that the newly acquired studio suffered redundancies not lengthy after the acquisition (by way of Polygon).
Because the information broke, Telltale launched a press release concerning letting a few of its workers go.
“Attributable to present market situations, we regrettably needed to let a few of our Telltale staff go lately,” Telltale stated in a press release on X (Twitter). “We didn’t take this motion calmly, and our dedication to storytelling and discovering new methods to take action stays the identical.
“We’re grateful to everybody for his or her dedication alongside this journey, and we’re working to assist everybody impacted. All tasks presently in improvement are nonetheless in manufacturing, and we’ve no additional updates presently.”
One of many tasks Telltale is engaged on is the episodic graphic journey recreation The Wolf Amongst Us 2. Introduced as being in improvement at San Diego Comedian-Con in 2017 and slated for a late 2018 launch on Mac, PC, consoles, and cellular, the sport was delayed to 2019 earlier than Telltale confronted monetary points. In 2019, it was introduced throughout The Recreation Awards, after the Telltale model was rescued and relaunched, The Wolf Amongst Us 2 was again in improvement.
The sport will span 5 episodes, all of that are being developed directly, and it is going to be launched in a “tighter cadence” than previous Telltale video games.
Telltale stated earlier this 12 months the sport can be launched “when it is prepared.” It is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X/S.