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TellTale’s The Wolf Among Us 2 delayed out of 2023 to avoid crunchWoof, this one hurts
Woof, this one hurts
I was a big fan of classic TellTale, the studio that put out episodic adventure games on a conveyor belt. I’m not the new one in sheep’s clothing, because they haven’t released anything yet. Like many, I was especially drawn toThe Wolf Among Us, a neo-noir murder mystery set in the same universe as the Fables graphic novels. It would have been quite poetic to return to the series ten years after its debut, but that’s not going to be paw-sibble, as new TellTale have announced thatThe Wolf Among Us 2has been delayed out of 2023. There’s no new release window, but maybe it’ll be ready in 2024. Hopefully.
The Wolf Among Us 2 - OFFICIAL Full Trailer (2022)Watch on YouTube
The Wolf Among Us 2 - OFFICIAL Full Trailer (2022)
Speaking toIGN, TellTale’s CEO Jamie Ottilie outlined some of the reasons for the delay, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a switch from Unreal Engine 4 to UE5, and an attempt to avoid crunch mode - something that was common at the original TellTale before their closure. Speaking of crunch, Ottilie says, “you can’t plan a business around it.” He also explains that “it has been incredibly difficult to recruit the last two years”, due to COVID and the general competitiveness in the games industry, so grinding devs down with crunch is a no-go.
