This needs to be done conservatively and over time, and will require staggering the schedules properly. Ultimately, we will need to expand the pipeline to support more than one game at a time. Ottilie: Right now, we are focused on getting one new title in development and onto the right track. Newman: How many titles would you like Telltale to have in development at a time?

Ottilie: We aren’t announcing a release date just yet, but I can say it won’t be in 2020. We have rebooted development of Season 2 and intend to give it the time and care it deserves to bring the vision to fruition. Newman: There is no release date yet, but more broadly, are you thinking this is a 2020 game? The game will look and feel like a “Telltale game.” There will be incremental changes and improvements that come with the new technology platform, and we have some interesting gameplay elements in mind. Ottilie: We felt it important that the first game from the “new” Telltale be presented in a style similar to the original games. Newman: Will this game feel the same as the first, or are you making changes?

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And it’s likely that we will add other key contributors as we ramp up the team. The first priority was really on the writers and cinematic directors for the game, as we wanted this to be a true sequel – built by the same visionaries as the original. Ottilie: We felt it was important to bring back the creative leadership on the title. Newman: How did you choose who you'd reach out to, to return to work on this project? It is being written episodically, but it hasn’t been confirmed it will be released that way.Some parts of it take place in Fabletown, and there will be a focus on Bigby and Snow.It’ll have five episodes, and is a prequel set 20 years before the comic books but after the original narrative game.It’s based on Bill Willingham’s Fables DC comic book series from DC.Zac Litton, the original Telltale’s vice president of engineering is now Chief Technology Officer for the new Telltale.Those employees include directors Nick Herman and Dennis Lenart, writer Pierre Shorette, voice actors Adam Harrington (Bigby Wolf) and Erin Yvette (Snow White) and composer Jared Emerson-Johnson. Telltale is producing the game in partnership with AdHoc Studios, a development group with a number of ex-original-Telltale employees.Interactive Entertainment on behalf of DC. To celebrate, the original Wolf Among Us is free on the Epic service for a week, starting today. It’s an Epic Games store exclusive for PC only, and will be on consoles.Not many details are available yet, as it’s still very much in development, but here’s what we do know: I caught up with Telltale CEO Jamie Ottilie to discuss the new title.

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