Telltale Games officially confirms shut down

September 21, 2018 Telltale has confirmed it will close following a round of mass layoffs.

Telltale Games, the studio best known for narrative adventure titles like the Walking Dead, will soon shut down. Early reports suggested that around 90% of the studio's 250 employees have been laid off, and the company has now confirmed that it will close. An official announcement says that a "majority" of the studio's employees were let go today, leaving a small group of 25 to "fulfill the company's obligations to its board and partners" ahead of the shutdown. "It's been an incredibly difficult year for Telltale as we worked to set the company on a new course," CEO Pete Hawley says in the statement. "Unfortunately, we ran out of time trying to get there. We released some of our best content this year and received a tremendous amount of positive feedback, but ultimately, that did not translate to sales. With a heavy heart, we watch our friends leave today to spread our brand of storytelling across the games industry. According to journalist Jeffrey Grub on Twitter, staff at Telltale numbered around 250, which leaves 90% of the studio immediately without jobs. A source tells Dot Esports that the currently affected employees have been released without severance. The news appears to have hit the studio itself suddenly, as well - the last word from the official Twitter account was only three hours ago as of this post.

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