Telltale Games

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company_name = Telltale, Incorporated
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company_type = Private
foundation = San Rafael (June 2004)
location = San Rafael, California
key_people = Dan Connors, CEO
Kevin Bruner, CTO
industry = Computer and video games
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homepage = [http://www.telltalegames.com/ www.telltalegames.com]
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Telltale, Incorporated is a video game developer based in San Rafael, California and founded in June 2004. It was created by a group of former LucasArts employees who had been working on "Sam & Max Freelance Police", a sequel to the 1993 game "Sam & Max Hit the Road", prior to its cancellation on March 3, 2004. The company's CEO is Dan Connors who heads the company alongside cofounder and CTO Kevin Bruner. The Telltale Games team have a large collective experience of working on notable adventure games, some of which include "Grim Fandango", "Monkey Island" and "Sam & Max".

Telltale Games is designed around two concepts: episodic gaming and digital distribution. [http://www.gamecyte.com/2008/05/28/the-telltale-art-heads-of-tales/1623 GameCyte - The Telltale Art: Heads of Tales] They have distributed games through GameTap, Steam and various other distributors as well as their own direct channel. [http://www.telltalegames.com/company/ Telltale Games - About Telltale] Also, "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" is being released through WiiWare.

On February 11, 2005 the company released their first game — "Telltale Texas Hold'em", a poker card game simulator. The game was solely available through electronic distribution from Telltale's and others' websites. Later that month on February 22, 2005 it was announced that the company would also be developing an adventure game based on the intellectual property of Jeff Smith and his "Bone" comic book series. "Bone" is to be released gradually through electronic distribution in episodic chapters. The first episode, "Bone: Out from Boneville", was released in September 2005 while the second episode, "The Great Cow Race", was released in April 2006.

Closely following the release of the first "Bone" episode, Telltale Games announced that they would be creating a new "Sam & Max" computer game, which would be released in the same episodic fashion. In May 2006, Telltale announced that the "Sam & Max" episodes would be shorter, self-contained, and more frequent than the episodes of Bone, and would also be made available via the GameTap game distribution service. The first episode of "Sam & Max: Season 1" was released in October 2006. This will be released for Wii in the form of a retail disc.

In November 2005, Ubisoft announced that Telltale was developing the next game for the popular "" television series. The game was released March 14, 2006.

On April 10, 2008, they announced a new episodic game series called Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, based on the online animated series from Homestarrunner.com, for the Nintendo WiiWare service and PC. The game has been developed in partnership with Videlectrix, a fictional company created by homestarrunner.com, and its first episode was released on August 11, 2008. [ [http://www.telltalegames.com/company/pressreleases/id-65 Telltale Games - Announcing Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People for WiiWare] ]

On July 24, 2008, it was announced that Telltale will make a series of games starring "Wallace & Gromit". [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEcaYz5XnMp3uPMk1isaZDwawuNgD924E04O1 'Wallace & Gromit' to become episodic video game] ]

Games by Telltale Games

* "Telltale Texas Hold'em" (2005)
* "" (2005)
* "" (2006)
* "" (2006)
* "Sam & Max Season One" (episodic, 2006–2007)
* "" (2007)
* "Sam & Max Season Two" (episodic, 2007–2008)
* "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" (episodic, 2008)
* "Sam & Max Season Three" (episodic, 2009)
* "Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures" (episodic,TBA)

References

External links

* [http://www.telltalegames.com/ Telltale Games' website]
* [http://www.mixnmojo.com/features/read.php?article=telltaleinterview Interview at The International House of Mojo]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/10/01/news_6109473.html Interview with CEO Dan Connors] at GameSpot
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/telltale-games Telltale Games] entry at MobyGames