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At least two developers employed at Californian studio Telltale Games wrote glowing reviews for their new game under the guise of impartial consumers. A user interface artist at Telltale, as well as a cinematic artist, both gave their game a perfect user score on reviews aggregator Metacritic. One described the …
Read More »Telltale devs caught abusing Metacritic user score
Jurassic Park devs found fixing user scores; Gamespot not given early review copy
Read More »Telltale secures $7m in funding
Back to the Future studio to expand company after private investor funding round
Read More »Jurassic Park to go up against Q4 blockbusters
Prehistoric monsters will be competing with some of the biggest names in games this Q4. Telltale Games – which specialises in episodic digital downloads – confirmed to MCV that it is planning to release a retail version of its upcoming Jurassic Park title and Back To The Future: The Game. …
Read More »Back to the Future retail-bound
Game revamps of Back to the Future and Jurassic Park may be download-only for now, but retail will get a look in eventually. That’s the message from developer Telltale Games, the firm behind hit episodic games such as Sam and Max and Monkey Island. The company last year signed a …
Read More »Walking Dead game on the way?
A video game adaptation of popular TV series The Walking Dead could in the works at Telltale Games. Invitations sent to the press reveal that the episodic games developer will announce five new multi-platform projects on February 7th, according to 1UP. Telltale claims one of these will be based on …
Read More »Telltale ‘takes Heavy Rain cue’ for Jurassic Park
Sam & Max studio to favour more open-ended gameplay
Read More »Back to the Future game giveaway
Buyers of the upcoming Back to the Future trilogy on Blu-ray will discover a pleasant surprise in the box – a free copy of the first episode of the upcoming Back to the Future game. The game’s developer Telltale Games told Joystiq, which made the discovery, that upon using the …
Read More »Lloyd on board for Back to the Future
Sam & Max developer Telltale Games has recruited Christopher Lloyd – the man who played the iconic Doc Brown in the Back to the Future films – to lend his voice for its series of episodic games based on the franchise. USA Today reports that original screenplay writer Bob Gale …
Read More »Back To The Future games materialise
Great Scott! As if it weren’t enough that Telltale has announced it is working on a series of games based on Jurassic Park, now it has emerged that the developer also has its hands on the Back To The Future licence. The developer will be creating episodic titles based on …
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