GamerZines: Telltale Games' Dan Connors has revealed that his company makes nearly 40% of its revenue from the various console platforms, proving that it's worth porting the likes of Sam & Max and Monkey Island to the PS3, 360 and Wii. We generally launch with one console partner during the run of the season, and usually does about 40 per cent of the revenue, Explained the CEO in a recent interview.
It's an exciting time for fans of Wallace & Gromit as Telltale Games and Aardman bring the Grand Adventures series of PC games to retail outlets in North America this week. Since its debut last year, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures has garnered acclaim from critics, winning Editor's Choice Awards from IGN and GamePro, along with acclaim from Parenthood.com, which named the title one of 2009's best games for kids.
From Gamertell: Telltale Inc. today (February 11, 2010) confirmed during the Macworld 2010 expo that it will, indeed, be releasing games for Mac. Even better, the releases begin today (February 11, 2010) with Tales of Monkey Island. Games can also vote on the next Telltale series style game to be release in March for Mac.
BeefJack writes: Telltale games, the dudes behind Sam & Max, Wallace and Grommit and the new Tales of Monkey Island games, want to give you a free game. You probably want a free game. See how this relationship works out so well? Their games are actually episodic, so really, you'll be getting an episode. And, as they say, 'the first taste is free.'
Gamertell is reporting that it has reliable information that Telltale may be planning on releasing its entire library of games for Mac. The company's current titles are available for Windows and some are also available for Wii and/or Xbox 360.
All Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventure episodes will be available worldwide on Xbox Live Arcade next week Wednesday, the 4th of November. This will coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the release of Wallace & Gromit's first animated short called A Grand Day Out. Each episode will be available for 800 Microsoft Points.
The final episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures releases today, completing a four-month escapade that has taken the famous inventor and his faithful pooch through a madcap series of wild and engaging new stories. Available today for PC at www.telltalegames.com, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures - Episode 4: The Bogey Man puts Wallace's mechanical and social skills - not to mention his golf swing - to the test. Filled with unrequited romance, hidden mysteries, perplexing contraptions, and a heavy dose of comic relief, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures - Episode 4: The Bogey Man brings the series to an exciting climax in grand Wallace & Gromit style.
In 2004, Kevin Bruner and Dan Connors founded Telltale, Inc. with a new perspective on gaming. With years of experience working on grand scale projects akin to blockbuster movies, Bruner and Connors created Telltale to establish a more nimble, faster-paced, digitally-distributed episodic game model comparable to television production. Five years later-with over one million episodes sold-Telltale is celebrating with an eye toward an even brighter future.
Having released over twenty games since Spring 2005 for PC, Xbox 360, and Wii, Telltale's most recent project, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, is releasing monthly on PC and coming soon to XboxLIVE! Arcade. A new series in development will be announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), next month.
The Last Resort, the second episode of Telltale's adventure title Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures, is now available on Steam
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