TeamXbox writes: "While Xbox Live Arcade is a diverse mix of games-classic coin-op re-creations to casual gems to indies trying to get a foot in the game-industry door-but we're expecting a special treat when Telltale Games bring its rendition of the "Wallace & Gromit" comedy/adventure short movies to the online-game service. Though a firm release date isn't available yet, we expect that you'll be able to start playing them soon.
What makes the games from this publisher/developer, which is located just north of San Francisco, stand apart from any others is the studio's intention to build smaller games that can be released as true episodes. Each one can stand alone, but they're going to be little pockets of entertainment that you can pick up every month or so, much like…well, it's best if we let Telltale describe its plans for itself. Specifically, TeamXbox's Andy Eddy and Tom Price interviewed Kevin Bruner, Telltale's chief technology officer and co-founder, at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and Bruner went over the company's initial strategy and its ongoing development process for bringing the highly popular clay characters to the XBLA storefront. What follows is an edited transcript of the conversation."
‘Adventure games have been through quite a transition over the past 2 decades. Like so many genres throughout the noughties the humble adventure game struggled for relevance and attention. It failed to evolve and change to meet the tastes of a rapidly developing audience. Fortunately the genre has experienced a resurgence in success and interest over the last 4 years, and this recovery in large part can be attributed to the output of a single developer; Telltale Games.’
I love basically every games telltale have bought out, their story telling can only be beaten by naughty dog imo.
If you wanted to check out Telltale Games' earlier works, time has run out. The studio's version of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, first published in 2009, has been pulled from all digital retailers as the distribution agreement with Aardman Studios expires.
Ryan from OnlySP writes:
"The Humble Indie Bundle is in full swing, already selling over 245,000 copies at the time of writing, however the company has also got a new Humble Weekly Sale which, this week, includes a selection of Telltale Games titles, including all 5 episodes of OnlySP’s 2012 Game Of The Year, The Walking Dead."
