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Rather Dashing · 05/18/2013, 03:56 pm

Bam.

Gman5852 · 05/18/2013, 04:01 pm

[optimism]Maybe this will mean there will be a "story" type game AND a "puzzle" style game at the same time and we will all be happy![/optimism]

Shadowknight1 · 05/18/2013, 04:02 pm

So...basically they'll be doing more than just one game at a time?

Rather Dashing · 05/18/2013, 04:20 pm

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Originally Posted by Shadowknight1

So...basically they'll be doing more than just one game at a time?

That's what the word "concurrently" means, yes. There's nothing to make more basic about it, "concurrently" is not a hard word.

Juicius Maximus · 05/18/2013, 04:30 pm

I was gonna put it in nicer terms, and also that as mentioned in the Mojo post you linked to, this isn't the first time Telltale has...basically done this. Although that was more of a dovetail kinda thing. This might be full on concurrency, more than one game at a time action. Basically.

Gman5852 · 05/18/2013, 05:47 pm

This is probably because of how Walking Dead turned out and that it didn't turn out to be monthly. Now they can do things bimonthly and still have episodes come out each month.

Although that is going to be a bit confusing for people that get both when they are still in episodes. "Yeah uhh Walking Dead that was cool that bigby loses an arm wait a minute that was Fables. Well that fight scene with Fables was cool and then when the walkers invaded for a... wait... which game is Kenny in again?"

RAnthonyMahan · 05/18/2013, 06:37 pm

I'm guessing this means that Walking Dead 2 (or 1.5) will be released the same time as The Wolf Among Us.

Telltale's probably not going to release an entirely new project out of the blue with no advance notice. Probably.

thesporkman · 05/18/2013, 09:24 pm

TWD2 is supposed to start in the fall, right? The TWAU season will certainly last into the fall, particularly if it ends up being bimonthly. Maybe they'll just overlap a bit, like TMI and W&G did.

der_ketzer · 05/18/2013, 10:29 pm

Haven't they done that before? Wasn't the result horribly buggy games?

Edit: no they actually haven't. But they were close.

Shadowknight1 · 05/19/2013, 05:07 am

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Originally Posted by der_ketzer

Haven't they done that before? Wasn't the result horribly buggy games?

Edit: no they actually haven't. But they were close.

I was thinking that Back to the Future and Jurassic Park were pretty close together.

ryannumber1gamer · 05/19/2013, 05:09 am

I don't really know if this is the best idea for TTG. With TWD a lot of people joined the forums just to moan and complain about the dates episodes came out where it got as bad as wanting Episode 4 when Episode 3 had only been out around 3 weeks. Then there was the assholes who wanted to spoil episodes for everyone by making fake threads with just spoilers in them. I just feel if TTG did this, there may be more of that bs where people just moan and complain about when Episodes come out.

RAnthonyMahan · 05/19/2013, 07:18 am

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Originally Posted by Shadowknight1

I was thinking that Back to the Future and Jurassic Park were pretty close together.

BttF and JP were supposed to have an overlapping release, but then Jurassic Park got pushed back.

corruptbiggins · 05/19/2013, 08:19 am

As far as I remember the only overlap with different series was with Tales of Monkey Island and Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventure (with the first episode of ToMI coming out before the last episode of W&G).

As for this:

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Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

I don't really know if this is the best idea for TTG. With TWD a lot of people joined the forums just to moan and complain about the dates episodes came out where it got as bad as wanting Episode 4 when Episode 3 had only been out around 3 weeks. Then there was the assholes who wanted to spoil episodes for everyone by making fake threads with just spoilers in them. I just feel if TTG did this, there may be more of that bs where people just moan and complain about when Episodes come out.

people will moan regardless.

*Vainamoinen* · 05/19/2013, 09:29 am

As far as I remember - and it is a very vivid memory, as it was indeed just two days ago - the RPS article Mojo draws on was already discussed here.

Unfortunately, neither Mojo nor the Telltale community seems to actually have read said article. The latter might have to do with Mojo linking to the wrong part of the interview, heh. What Bruner says there is:

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RPS: Are seasons of Wolf Among Us and Walking Dead going to run concurrently, or will it be one and the other alternating?

Bruner: We’re not announcing any release dates for anything other than Fables right now, but certainly we’re gearing up to have multiple games or shows running simultaneously. We’ll have an episode of one thing coming out at the same time as an episode of another thing, which we’ve never done before. We’re definitely getting prepared for that.

You talked about the technical problems. One of the things that we want to make sure of is that, before we get two games going simultaneously, we get one game going without people having saved game problems and technical issues like that. That’s our immediate goal, to get Fables out there, get it clean, feel confident that if we have two of these things going simultaneously, we have the bandwidth to support it properly. We feel pretty confident that we’re there, but the proof’s in the pudding. We’ll have to wait until Fables launches.

"Gearing up to" being the most important thing here. That doesn't sound like "tomorrow". This was always meant to be how Telltale works, and in seven years' time Telltale has never managed to do it. Never, I said? Never, Bruner said? At least the last episode of Wallace & Gromit and the first Tales episode beg to differ. It was announced & attempted once again with Jurassic Park during Back to the Future's run. You all know that failed.

To sum up:

That is not 'news'. And it's not "bam".
It isn't an announcement about the immediate future.
The tidbit comes with a whole lot of reservations.
We've seen at least one successful and one failed attempt at concurrent releases.

*Jennifer* · 05/19/2013, 03:25 pm

Oops, yes I did link to the wrong part of the article in my Mojo post. Thanks for pointing that out. I've fixed it now.

It seems you're overlooking an important part of that quote too. It seems that this is indeed happening soon. Note the end of that quote you posted: "We feel pretty confident that we’re there, but the proof’s in the pudding. We’ll have to wait until Fables launches."

They have the staff and bandwidth ready to launch multiple titles at the same time now. They just want to make sure that they're able to launch Fables smoothly before they start releasing multiple seasons at once.

*Vainamoinen* · 05/20/2013, 03:02 am

OOoooops, sorry. I keep forgetting that you're a Mojoist.

Still, again: I don't think they're there. The proof might be in the pudding, but it's pudding with a lot of starch.

flesk · 05/20/2013, 03:57 am

That's the best kind of pudding.

*Vainamoinen* · 05/20/2013, 04:22 am

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Originally Posted by flesk

That's the best kind of pudding.

Not if you bite on the hard release date pebbles in the middle.

Gibbeynator · 05/20/2013, 08:52 am

The real news here is that Telltale is working on something that isn't The Wolf Among Us or Walking Dead Season 2.

der_ketzer · 05/20/2013, 09:04 am

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Originally Posted by Gibbeynator

The real news here is that Telltale is working on something that isn't The Wolf Among Us or Walking Dead Season 2.

Yes. So it might be something good.

05/18/2013, 04:01 pm	#2
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05/18/2013, 04:02 pm	#3
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05/18/2013, 05:47 pm	#6
Gman5852 The smartest moron Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: under your couch Posts: 5,897	This is probably because of how Walking Dead turned out and that it didn't turn out to be monthly. Now they can do things bimonthly and still have episodes come out each month. Although that is going to be a bit confusing for people that get both when they are still in episodes. "Yeah uhh Walking Dead that was cool that bigby loses an arm wait a minute that was Fables. Well that fight scene with Fables was cool and then when the walkers invaded for a... wait... which game is Kenny in again?" __________________ Sign up for Tribes:Ascend, its free FOR THE NEWBIES: Blue names=normal member Grey names=community mod(As in, NOT a Telltale employee, they just keep the peace here, that's it.) Red names=actual telltale employees.

05/18/2013, 06:37 pm	#7
RAnthonyMahan Hyperkinetic Humany Thing Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,617	I'm guessing this means that Walking Dead 2 (or 1.5) will be released the same time as The Wolf Among Us. Telltale's probably not going to release an entirely new project out of the blue with no advance notice. Probably. __________________ None of your damn business, Sam. My new book! My old book! My writing blog!

05/19/2013, 05:09 am	#11
ryannumber1gamer The Number 1 Gamer. Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,856	I don't really know if this is the best idea for TTG. With TWD a lot of people joined the forums just to moan and complain about the dates episodes came out where it got as bad as wanting Episode 4 when Episode 3 had only been out around 3 weeks. Then there was the assholes who wanted to spoil episodes for everyone by making fake threads with just spoilers in them. I just feel if TTG did this, there may be more of that bs where people just moan and complain about when Episodes come out. __________________ Somewhere deep in the Caribbean... Sam:Hey little buddy where did you get this ship? Max:I got it off some guy waving his arms around Sam:Then who is that guy over there? Max:I don't know Sam but should we make him walk the deck? Sam:Can't think of a reason not too. Games I'm Playing:,Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale,Assassin's Creed Revelations,Assassin's Creed 3,Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation,Lego Batman 2,Dead rising 2,BTTF The Game,Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.

05/18/2013, 04:30 pm	#5
Juicius Maximus Drooler Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 348	I was gonna put it in nicer terms, and also that as mentioned in the Mojo post you linked to, this isn't the first time Telltale has...basically done this. Although that was more of a dovetail kinda thing. This might be full on concurrency, more than one game at a time action. Basically.

05/18/2013, 09:24 pm	#8
thesporkman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 952	TWD2 is supposed to start in the fall, right? The TWAU season will certainly last into the fall, particularly if it ends up being bimonthly. Maybe they'll just overlap a bit, like TMI and W&G did.

05/19/2013, 03:25 pm	#15
Jennifer Poker Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The Inventory Posts: 1,875	Oops, yes I did link to the wrong part of the article in my Mojo post. Thanks for pointing that out. I've fixed it now. It seems you're overlooking an important part of that quote too. It seems that this is indeed happening soon. Note the end of that quote you posted: "We feel pretty confident that we’re there, but the proof’s in the pudding. We’ll have to wait until Fables launches." They have the staff and bandwidth ready to launch multiple titles at the same time now. They just want to make sure that they're able to launch Fables smoothly before they start releasing multiple seasons at once. __________________ I'm a community moderator. I'm just a volunteer, not an employee of the company. All of my opinions are my own, not those of Telltale Games. ___________________ My Blog, My Art, My Webcomic

05/20/2013, 03:02 am	#16
Vainamoinen Community Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 6,653	OOoooops, sorry. I keep forgetting that you're a Mojoist. Still, again: I don't think they're there. The proof might be in the pudding, but it's pudding with a lot of starch. __________________ Moderators on the TTG forums are all volunteers from the community and still belong to the community. They are not employees of the company. The opinions expressed in their posts are those of individual fans and must not be confused with official company statements.

05/20/2013, 03:57 am	#17
flesk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 680	That's the best kind of pudding.

05/20/2013, 08:52 am	#19
Gibbeynator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,085	The real news here is that Telltale is working on something that isn't The Wolf Among Us or Walking Dead Season 2.

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