For what it's worth, Ubisoft and other studios are already reaching out to the Telltale devs offering job opportunities (#TelltaleJobs).

https://twitter.com/UbisoftStudioSF/status/1043232825095450626
https://twitter.com/UbisoftStudioSF/status/1043258393639571456
https://twitter.com/SonySantaMonica/status/1043225921321238528

Thanks.
Thanks, I would hope my 32gb, ftw 1080, should be able to run a phone game :o)

Their games were too similar with not enough variety in gameplay or story, and were too expensive for what they were.

The Walking Dead catapulted them to superstardom, and from what I understand, the games being similar were due to the exec that left recently, who was the main designer for the games for a very long time.

Couple too much similarity among games to more interactive games making a comeback, and backlash against heavily cinematic games in recent months, along with (rumored) poor management, and you have the makings of a studio closing very abruptly.

I am no business major, but I kind of saw this coming when that exec left several months back. I just didn't expect it so fast. He obviously had to know this was coming to take the train out of town as fast as possible, so to speak.

Well, that sucks, the last season of TWD won't be finished. :/

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As soon as Minecraft Story Mode Netflix dies/finishes.

Obviously people who already bought their games will keep them, but I wonder what'll happen after? Telltale mostly dabbled in other people's IP, so it's not like THQ Nordic can just buy up the game rights and keep 'em up. Do they just end up as abandonware, just traded in the ether with illicit sites the only way to get them, like so many games from the early days of PC gaming?

Their games were never my thing, but I'm really curious how this goes. It's not often you see games just become parentless anymore.

If they aren't for sale on any digital distributors you could consider them "abandoned" I suppose, though "abandonware" is not an actual legal status (compared to "freeware"). One might be able to buy physical copies on Amazon and co. but if they're too expensive, it might be preferable to get them from one of "those" sites.

only if the bought it on site which continues to exist, like GOG or Steam.

If one bought directly from the publisher, and many did in case of Telltale games... the person might get screwed over.

I have a few physical copies of some of their games I bought directly from Telltale's website before they started selling on Gog. (Before I even knew there was a store willing to sell games DRM-free, even)

The DVDs I got from Telltale pull an ET and phone home to validate the installation. So no, buying physical copies will mean nothing in this case as surely the validation server is going down as well.

I hope I can at least grab these games from a sale on Gog before the final nail gets hammered in Telltale's coffin. I was really pissed at Telltale and I stopped buying their games ages ago but I still rather not have to deal with that stupid DRM in my physical copies.

but now who will summon the bigger fish?! aahhh no. dammit gog what you have done? noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Thanks for the reminder about the validation check. I'm in the same boat, bought five games from them in their very early days (Tales of Monkey Island, Wallace & Gromit - not for sale anywhere nowadays, and the Sam & Max seasons), but couldn't really get interested in their later offerings. I figured I'd be okay just re-downloading my games I bought directly from them, but probably not...

Edit: I see posts in the other thread saying that the DRM has been patched out of the old titles. Guess I'll try and see.

Yeah if anyone doubts that DRM always ends up screwing the customer this would be yet another proof.

Most of my games I can try to rebuy here (and if I can't I'll just torrent them as they're damn well paid for!) but no such luck with Poker Night 1. I'll try to install it this weekend so that I am able to at least play it once before Telltale goes belly up.