Telltale Games, the studio behind narrative adventure games such as the recently released The Expanse and the upcoming The Wolf Among Us 2, has reportedly laid off a large number of its staff. Jonah Huang, a former cinematic artist at Telltale, shared the news on X earlier today, writing that the studio quietly laid off “most” of the team in early September.
This is a sore subject, but I feel it necessary to add to the gaming layoff news: Telltale laid most of us off early September. Status of TWAU2, I can’t say (NDA).
Now, I focus on what matters to me—my own game, and the following words:
Games industry, we must UNIONIZE.
1/5— jjonahjonahson (@jjonahjonahson) October 5, 2023
According to Huang, the team working on The Wolf Among Us 2 was already “very small.” Huang stated that those who were laid off “signed an agreement not to cause any harm to Telltale’s business,” and that NDA’s preventing them from discussing the current status of the upcoming game are currently in effect.
When reached for comment, a Telltale Games representative told GameSpot that the company did not take these layoffs “lightly.” The representative also stated that all projects in development are still in production.