Man, that Robert Kirkman gets around. In addition to his duties writing numerous comic books, he’s also part of the writing staff on AMC’s The Walking Dead TV show and serves as its de facto public face. Now he’s helping launch an online talk show about Telltale Game’s upcoming tie-in video game. Read more »
Telltale Games has set November 15th as the release date for Jurassic Park: The Game, and unveiled a brand new action-packed trailer and some gorgeous screenshots for the game. Read more »
Telltale Games has released its first screenshot (above) and some concept art from its upcoming video game adaptation of The Walking Dead. And it’s looking pretty darn good. Read more »
Holy blessed snot, does this video make me nostalgic for Jurassic Park. That first movie rocked the world in so many ways — showing us realistic dinosaurs for the very first time, and amping up Spielberg’s Jaws-level thrills & spills to terrifying new levels. It was one of the very first times a major Hollywood movie held its spectacle cards close to the vest, refusing to reveal the dinosaurs in any of the trailers or commercials so that the experience would be preserved for those who saw it on the big screen. (That example has been followed by dozens of blockbusters in the years since.) Telltale Games is nearing release on Read more »
By all accounts, AMC’s The Walking Dead was the most exciting new show of 2010, delivering record ratings (for cable) and endless watercooler fodder. So a video game based on this couldn’t-be-hotter property seems like a foregone conclusion, right? Well, yeah. But you may be surprised at who’s making The Walking Dead: The Game. It’s Telltale Games, the company best known for episodic adventures like Sam & Max and Strong Bad. Telltale has been making a major push lately into licensed Hollywood properties, an initiative that kicked off with Back to the Future: The Game (review) and the upcoming Jurassic Park: The Game. The Walking Dead will be based on the Read more »
When Telltale Games landed the Universal account for making video games out of Universal film properties, Back to the Future was only the beginning. Also part of that deal: Jurassic Park. And now we know a little more about what that game will be like. Let’s face it. As charming as Telltale’s adventure games can be, they’re just not quite the best fit for an action/thriller franchise like Jurassic Park. And according to the latest issue of Game Informer‘s print magazine, Universal intentionally teamed with Telltale for this very reason. Universal wasn’t interested in slapping dinosaurs into another FPS engine and marketing it as a dino-shooter. Telltale is known for Read more »
Back to the Future: The Game wields nostalgia with a fun story that never feels forced or trite. Instead, it’s a storyline that seems to grow organically out of everything laid out in the movies. There’s a bit of mumbo-jumbo involving a lightning strike as an explanation for how the DeLorean survived its encounter with a train at the end of the third movie. But I recommend you just go with it, because Marty’s back, Doc’s back, and it’s time to go Back to the Future, baby. Telltale Games clearly saw this game, which is being told in six episodic installments, as a labor of love. Because their attention to Read more »
Back to the Future: The Game is coming, and sooner than you think: it’s less than a week away! Wednesday, December 22nd is the launch date for the game’s first episode (of five), on both PC and Mac. Entitled “It’s About Time,” this first episode finds Marty having just returned from his adventures in the Old West from the third movie, the DeLorean destroyed by a speeding train, when suddenly the DeLorean materializes right in front of him. Doc Brown uses the mysteriously-resurrected DeLorean to send Marty an S.O.S. from the past, where Doc is trapped. Although the game is unfolding in five downloadable episodes, Telltale Games has decided to Read more »
In case you didn’t know, we’re excited about Telltale Games’ upcoming Back to the Future video game. Christopher Lloyd is back as the voice of Doc Brown, and screenwriter Bob Gale, who worked on the movies, is onboard as a story consultant. So the only remaining question has been whether or not Michael J. Fox would lend his voice to the game as well. Well, there’s good news and there’s bad news. The bad news is that Fox has declined involvement with the game (though he signed off on letting them use his likeness), perhaps due to his battle with Parkinson’s Disease. The good news? Telltale has found the perfect Read more »
Alright! Somebody’s finally making a Back to the Future videogame! This is so overdue. That first movie is still one of my favorite movies of all time. Marty McFly and Doc Brown are coming to a platform near you thanks to a new partnership between Telltale Games and Universal Studios. Telltale is best known for its episodic, story-driven adventure games, such as the Sam & Max series. They’re bringing this same formula to a five-episode “season” for Back to the Future, this winter. The first concept art from the game is seen above. Read more »
