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System will debut in upcoming Batman title, with ‘two to 2,000-plus’ players able to share a URL and have audiences vote on in-game decisions
Read More »Telltale’s Batman will introduce online multiplayer
Batman: The Telltale Series will bring with it the studio’s first stab at adding multiplayer to its successful narrative game design model. Shacknews reports that the game will introduce a new mode called Crowd Play. Although not formally announced as of yet, it was shown off over the weekend at …
Read More »Telltale details its take on the Batman franchise
Batman: The Telltale Series will be out in just a couple of weeks. Telltale has given the game a digital release date of August 2nd on PC, PSN, Xbox Live, iOS and Google Play. The retail release will then follow on September 16th in Europe, following its September 13th release …
Read More »Minecraft and Counter-Strike devs join EA and Telltale execs at Gamelab 2016
Spanish event moves venue to Barcelona’s Hesperia Tower Hotel
Read More »‘Writers make sure things explode when they need to’: The importance of narrative in games
Development often sacrifices narrative strength at the altar of technical achievement, leaving titles with clichéd plots and lifeless dialogue in favour of visual panache and mechanical complexity. Writer Steven-Elliot Altman reveals how studios can give games a story worth telling once again
Read More »Double Fine and Telltale audio expert Jory Prum passes away
Man behind Broken Age and The Walking Dead sounds involved in motorcycle accident
Read More »Telltale overhauling in-house Tool engine for Batman
Platform built on Lua will be a “significant step up” from games such as The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones
Read More »Batman added to Telltale’s roster of licences
The Dark Knight will return in an episodic series next year
Read More »Thinking inside the box: Why digital developers should bother with brick and mortar retail
The narrative goes that boxed games retail is dying as the digital market thrives. The digital sector has, in many ways, lowered the barrier to entry in the games market and been one of the main factors in the booming indie movement. Oh course, the physical games market is still …
Read More »Now Telltale’s games have been pulled from the Apple App Store
Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands are currently the only Telltale Games available to purchase from the Apple App Store. Eurogamer reports that The Walking Dead, Back to the Future, The Wolf Among Us, Jurassic Park and Sam and Max have all vanished. And not only are they …
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