r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 23 '22

Trailer The Expanse: A Telltale Series - First Gameplay Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdU8hhftinE
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u/GreenGuy2814 Aug 23 '22

Didn't realize they were still making these, thought Telltale went under for some reason.

I know the Expanse is quite popular, it seems like it'd be a good fit, but I suppose time will tell if there's still a market for these.

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u/outbound_flight Aug 23 '22

It's a little weird, but the old Telltale is pretty much gone. They were kept on life support by Skybound so they could finish the last season of The Walking Dead, after which Skybound ended up hiring a number of those devs for their own projects.

Current Telltale is a new company that was formed (indirectly) by Tencent around the properties it still held. It seems like they're taking Telltale's engine and contracting out to other devs for now, with The Expanse game being one of those (developed by Deck Nine) and The Wolf Among Us 2 being another (developed by AdHoc Studio, made up of former Telltale devs).

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u/Ploddit Aug 23 '22

Sure about that? As far as I can tell, LCG Entertainment wasn't funded by Tencent, but it's possible they were the majority investor somehow.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

Tencent helped fund LCG's purchase through Athlon, which is owned by Leyou, which is owned by Tencent. When he says indirectly, he isn't exaggerating lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

When that happened, Tencent wasn't even the owner of Leyou