As Telltale Games prepares to close for good, we look back at how the studio behind The Walking Dead and Minecraft: Story Mode helped change the way video game stories are told.
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* last week’s devastating news that the majority of Telltale’s talented staff had been laid off * reports that the studio had been plagued by mismanagement and a toxic, workaholic culture * In 2013, I called the studio the “HBO of gaming.” * that released a game called Firewatch in 2016 * Ostensibly a typical teen thriller about a bunch of kids trapped on a haunted island * the demonic drinking game Afterparty next year * The series’s debut season felt remarkably like a TV show * a three-episode prequel called Before the Storm * the studio teased season 2 of Life is Strange with a standalone episode * the first episode of The Walking Dead’s final season launched