We’re now a few days removed from the sudden majority closure of Telltale Games, developer of story-based, episodic games such as The Walking Dead and Fables: A Wolf Among Us. In the wake of the closure, many ex-Telltale employees have taken to social media to talk about their time there, what the status on unreleased games is (most of them are canceled), and some have even taken to releasing unseen content. One drop in particular is pretty substantial, as it’s for a game that never saw the light of day beyond an early announcement. That game is, or was, the one based on Netflix’s hugely popular Stranger Things.
This content has been spreading, ostensibly showing up quietly in a few image hosting sites and making its way through Reddit and the like. The content comprises a bunch of character concept art for the main cast of kids, and several GIFs of the Stranger Things game actually in action. It looks like early footage, still a little rough around the edges (which makes sense), but it also could be a look at what Telltale was doing once it decided to move over from its creaky, old in-house engine to Unity.
You can take a look at the gameplay GIFs below, and check out our source link under the gallery for the concept art:
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We’ll never get a chance to play this of course, but it’s nice to be able to see what the team, now out of work, was in the process of creating.
[Source: Reddit]
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What's Telltale's Best Game?
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Anthony Nash
There’s a ton of great choices, but mine has to easily be The Wolf Among Us as well. Not only did it present a fairly “adult” theme using fairy tales and fables extremely well, but captured the feel of a noire detective story better than any other game in recent memory. -
Blake Grundman
As much as I loved The Wolf Among Us, my favorite has to be season 1 of The Walking Dead. It was the first time I can remember being emotionally overtaken by a game. Episode 3 should have been named “Get Ready To Cry,” because when I had to chose between killing [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], it left me bawling at my keyboard like a little baby.
Naturally, that is when my wife walks in the room. Yeah, that took some serious explaining -
Cameron Teague
Tie between original The Walking Dead and Batman for me. -
Chandler Wood
I'm pretty partial to The Wolf Among Us, simply for the property that's behind it. I've been less and less impressed with Telltale lately though, missing the days of Telltale classics like Sam and Max, Tales of Monkey Island, and Poker Night at the Inventory. The Telltale formula has been getting stale and is in serious need of a rework. I'd rather them not eschew classic puzzle mechanics of old for storytelling (often contrived to fit no matter which "path" you choose). -
Elizabeth Henges
Tales from the Borderlands, hands down. I've never been a fan of the series before the Telltale series, but I really like the characterization and plot that Tales from the Borderlands had. -
Keri Honea
It's definitely The Wolf Among Us. I loved the murder mystery setting, and it's the only Telltale series I wanted to play more than once. I have Tales from the Borderlands, but I've been told not to play it until I've played Borderlands 2, which I haven't done yet.
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Michael Briers
The Walking Dead, though I've always been curious to try Telltale's spin on the Borderlands series. It's certainly resonated with a lot of our staffers, anyway! -
Paulmichael Contreras
Of recent games I only ever played through The Walking Dead, so that defaults to my favorite. Sam & Max was also great, though (remember that?).
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Tyler Treese
This is a tough one, as there are a few of the series that I really adore. The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands (which is surprising since I did not enjoy the stories in the actual shooters), and Guardians of the Galaxy are all great. I probably have to lean towards The Wolf Among Us, though. I absolutely love the core concept of fables existing in a modern setting, and it has the bonus of being set before the comics (which got really weird and went in a direction that I didn't care for). -
Zarmena Khan
I admittedly haven't played a lot of Telltale games but from among the ones I have played, Tales from the Borderlands easily comes out on top. I never got into the Borderlands series but Tales actually made me care about the characters. I truly enjoyed each episode and hope to see more!
