Episodic video games

Nintendo News: Two Suspense-Filled Famicom Detective Club Games Are Now Available on Nintendo Switch

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Friday, May 14, 2021

b'Question suspects, reveal secrets and immerse yourself in two chilling murder mysteries with the Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind games.

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  • b'Question suspects, reveal secrets and immerse yourself in two chilling murder mysteries with the Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind games.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210514005100/en/\nQuestion suspects, reveal secrets and immerse yourself in two chilling murder mysteries with the Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind games.
  • These suspenseful tales are now available in the U.S. for the first time, fully modernized for the Nintendo Switch family of systems.
  • You\xe2\x80\x99re in charge of these cases, detective \xe2\x80\x93 conduct them as you see fit.\nOriginally released in Japan only, Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind have been revitalized for Nintendo Switch with re-created graphics, music and sound effects.

Indie Game Studio RifRaf Games Launches New Space Odyssey

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

b'BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --RifRaf Games today announces the official launch of "Tales from the Crossing" , their debut in the world of narrative-driven adventure gaming.

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  • b'BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --RifRaf Games today announces the official launch of "Tales from the Crossing" , their debut in the world of narrative-driven adventure gaming.
  • "\'Tales from the Crossing\' will create a template for the kind of games, and company, we will be in the future.
  • "\nOriginally founded in 2018 by Michael Rifkin as an MBA class project, RifRaf Games evolved into an independent game development studio based in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.
  • After graduation, Michael was joined by classmate and industry veteran Brent Boylen as Director of Product Development.

Telltale Confirms The Wolf Among Us 2

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Friday, December 13, 2019

Telltale has partnered with AdHoc Studio , a creative house formed by former Telltale Games employees and focused on interactive narrative, to resume work on and co-develop the second season of the award-winning The Wolf Among Us series.

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  • Telltale has partnered with AdHoc Studio , a creative house formed by former Telltale Games employees and focused on interactive narrative, to resume work on and co-develop the second season of the award-winning The Wolf Among Us series.
  • Partnering with AdHoc Studio enables us to work with many of the key creative and development talent from the original Wolf series while strategically growing the new Telltale.
  • Additionally, Telltale Games former VP of Engineering, Zac Litton , has joined the new Telltale team as CTO.
  • To learn more about The Wolf Among Us 2 and the new Telltale Games, please visit www.Telltale.com .

Veteran Game Industry Executives Come Together to Purchase Telltale Games

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Originally founded in 2004, Telltale Games became synonymous with storytelling, pioneering the episodic game format, and changing the way the games medium embraced narrative.

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  • Originally founded in 2004, Telltale Games became synonymous with storytelling, pioneering the episodic game format, and changing the way the games medium embraced narrative.
  • All of us were big fans of the games Telltale created, as we strongly believe in games as a storytelling medium and nobody did it better, said Jamie Ottilie, CEO of the new Telltale Games.
  • Even now, when you see a game with strong narrative, its always compared to Telltale, so its no surprise that players and industry colleagues alike mourned the studios closure.
  • The new Telltale Games will be headquartered in Malibu with a satellite office in Corte Madera, California.