The Wolf Among Us 2has gone through a bizarre development timelines. The sequel to Telltale’s series of episodic narrative adventures from 2013 has been highly anticipated ever since the ending of the first game, which many saw as a cliffhanger. After the studio’s closure in 2018, fans assumed thatThe Wolf Among Us 2had been canceled, however a revival of the project was announced at 2019’s Game Awards. Following leaks earlier this week, Telltale Games confirmed that the game will not be presented at The Game Awards 2020.
The Wolf Among Us 2was originally announced during San Diego Comic Con 2017, with an intended release in 2018. However, after some major internal restructuring, Telltale Games announced that the game would be delayed to 2019. Later that year, Telltale suddenly announced it would be closing following challenges the studio was facing, mainly due to the amount of projects it had taken on in such a short timeframe andthe rapid ageing of its Telltale Tool engine. In 2019, a newly established Telltale Games announced that its first project would be a reboot ofThe Wolf Among Us 2built with Unreal Engine 4.
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While it has been a year since any news aboutThe Wolf Among Us 2has emerged,rumors hit discussion boards such as Redditearlier this week implying the game would receive a new trailer at The Game Awards. These rumors also stated the game would be released all at once in winter 2021 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Telltale Games has released a statement on Twitter claiming it has no news to reveal forThe Wolf Among Us 2currently, and likely won’t for the foreseeable future.
What this statement reveals is that Telltale Games is developing each instalment of the episodic series consecutively, as opposed to the original series which saw up to six months between episode releases due to its “when it’s done” development cycle. This means that instead of releasing titles monthly, Telltale could be eyeing up a weekly release cycle similar toDontnod and Xbox Game Studios’Tell Me Why. The studio confirmed upon the game’s re-reveal thatThe Wolf Among Us 2will be episodic, despite what the previous rumors claimed.
While it is exciting to hear an update onThe Wolf Among Us 2, this does come with the caveat that fans are unlikely to see the game again until deep into 2021. As Telltale Games does highlight, the studio has been working to bring back previously delisted titles from its back-catalogue, such asWallace & Gromit’s Grand AdventuresandTales From Monkey Island. Some titles from Telltale’s past such asSam & Max Save the WorldandThe Walking Deadare owned by other companies, though they titles have been remastered by other studios.
