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The weekend is almost here and we’ll be catching up on a lot of geeky things on our end. What will you all be doing? While you wait for the work day to end and weekend begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Splinter News – Cory Booker Playing Pac-Man with the Washington Post Is Surprisingly Fun – This is pretty cool to see.

Kotaku – Skybound Games ‘In Discussions’ With Former Telltale Staffers About Completing The Walking Dead – This would be good to see.

DC Entertainment – Breaking News: Lex Luthor Will Appear on Supergirl – They’ve been hinting at it for a while now.

 

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Comics Bulletin – Exorsisters #1

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It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d everyone get? What’d you like? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news an reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Comics Bulletin – Batman: The Damned #1 and The Problem With The Censorship – Agree? Disagree?

Kotaku – Telltale Is Looking For Another Company To Hire Its Staff To Finish The Walking Dead, Sources Say – Will they get paid decently?

KHOU – UHD professor uses comic books to make learning easier – They’re a great educational tool.

 

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Comic Attack – Kim Reaper: Vampire Island #2

The Beat – Retrograde Orbit

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It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all think? What’d you like? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

The Beat – RIP Norm Breyfogle – Our thoughts are with his friends and family.

iO9 – Who Are the Eternals, the Cosmic Superheroes Who Could Be the Future of the MCU? – For those that want some history.

Kotaku – Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season Has Been Removed From Several Digital Gaming Storefronts – Interesting.

IGN – Hellboy Reboot Release Date Postponed – Good sign or bad?

 

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ICv2 – DC SuperHero Girls: Search for Atlantis

The Outhousers – Heroes in Crisis #1

Newsarama – Heroes in Crisis #1

Comics Bulletin – Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 2

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It’s new comic day! We’ve got some news and reviews from around the web for you to check out while you await your local comic shop opening!

Kotaku – People Are Torn About Whether The Walking Dead Games Should Continue – What do you all think?

iO9 – In Marvel’s Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson Is the Most Compelling She’s Ever Been – Who’s playing?

 

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Talking Comics – Black Hammer: Age of Doom #5

Newsarama – Captain America Annual #1

The Beat – Flocks

Talking Comics – Olivia Twist #1

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It’s new comic book day tomorrow! What’s everyone getting? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

CBLDF – Why Comics Are Banned – Hopefully we get to a point where this isn’t an issue.

Kotaku – Telltale Says “Potential Partners” Could Finish The Walking Dead – Will the staff be properly compensated?

Kotaku – Telltale Employees Left Stunned By Company Closure, No Severance – Remember this when you play a game of theirs.

 

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Talking Comics – Coda #5

ICv2 – FTL,Y’ALL TP

 

Telltale Games, the Videogame Studio Behind the Walking Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fables, and Batman, Has Massive Layoffs

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Rumors have been swirling all day as to something going on at Telltale Games. Those rumors began with posts from employees and former employees on social media and ran from massive layoffs to the entire studio shutting down.

The company has put out the following statement:

Today Telltale Games made the difficult decision to begin a major studio closure following a year marked by insurmountable challenges. A majority of the company’s employees were dismissed earlier this morning, with a small group fo 25 employees staying on to fullfill the company’s obligations to its board and partners. CEO Pete Hawley issued the following statement:

“It’s been an incredibly difficult year for Telltale as we worked to set the company on a new course. Unfortunately, we ran out of time trying to get there. We released some of our best content this year and received a tremendous amount of positive feedback, but ultimately, that did not translate to sales. With a heavy heart, we watch our friends leave today to spread our brand of storytelling across the games industry.”

Telltale will issue further comments regarding its product portfolio in the coming weeks.

The video game studio was behind popular video games such as The Walking Dead, Batman, Fables, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more. The games have a focus on storytelling over button mashing and recently the publisher announced their popular The Walking Dead video game would be coming to Nintendo’s Switch with the first part released recently.

There are numerous games still to be released and completed and it’s unknown at this time as to what their fate will be.

The 200-250 employees laid off will not be receiving severance pay after the layoffs with a few turning to social media venting their anger over that and lack of compensation for overtime to ship games on time. Comments from employees also indicate they were given just 30 minutes to leave the studio after being told they were laid off.

We expect further news from the studio as to the future of its portfolio in the coming weeks.

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season Comes to Nintendo Switch on August 28

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Leading publisher and developer of digital entertainment Telltale Games, alongside Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, have announced that The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season will launch on Nintendo Switch on August 28, bringing the multiple ‘Game of the Year’ award-winning first season to Nintendo’s latest console.

The Complete First Season includes all five original episodes, as well as add-on anthology 400 Days. Both have been ported from last year’s The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection, which offered substantial visual and performance enhancements over previous editions. Those upgrades will now carry over into The Complete First Season on Switch.

The full game, including all five episodes and 400 Days, will be available for download starting August 28 for $24.99 USD in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and most of Europe. Though audio will only be available in English, all content has been subtitled in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

Telltale also announced that The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will both come to Switch later this year. More information will be available in the coming months. Additionally, episode one of The Walking Dead: The Final Season launched earlier this month on Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. New episodes of The Final Season will continue to launch on all four platforms throughout the remainder of 2018.

The Walking Dead is set in the world of Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series and offers an emotionally-charged experience in which players’ choices determine the course of the story across the entire series. Season One of Telltale’s The Walking Dead introduced young survivor Clementine and her protector Lee as they struggled against the dire circumstances of an undead apocalypse.

Scopely and Telltale Games Announce The Walking Dead: Road to Survival and The Walking Dead: The Final Season Crossover Event

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Scopely and Telltale Games have joined forces to bring players a brand new The Walking Dead storyline that links the worlds of Scopely’s The Walking Dead: Road to Survival and Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Players who download The Walking Dead: Road to Survival will embark on a new interactive narrative adventure that spans the stories of three powerful survivors that fans will recognize from Telltale Games’ critically acclaimed game series.

In the limited time crossover event, which runs through mid-August, players will be able to play through never-before-seen storylines (called “Roadmaps” in The Walking Dead: Road to Survival) inspired by the events of The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Three new playable characters from the Telltale Games series will join the fight in The Walking Dead: Road to Survival. Players will also be able to win Telltale-themed rewards by fighting in select in-game tournaments, running from July 17th through mid-August.

Scopely’s The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is a mature, intense, story-driven game that emulates the ongoing struggle to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world overrun by vicious Walkers and ruthless fellow survivors. Players navigate the challenges of collecting resources, building and fortifying their compounds, all while managing to fend off the onslaught of undead. The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is available as a free download on iPhone and iPad, Android devices, and Amazon devices.

In Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Clementine, now a fierce and capable survivor, has reached the final chapter in her journey. After years on the road facing threats both living and dead, a secluded school might finally be her chance for a home. But protecting it will mean sacrifice. Clem must build a life and become a leader while still watching over AJ, an orphaned boy and the closest thing to family she has left. In this gripping, emotional final season, you will define your relationships, fight the undead, and determine how Clementine’s story ends. The Walking Dead: The Final Season will launch on August 14 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season Premieres August 14

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Telltale Games and Skybound Entertainment have announced that episode one of The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be available for download starting August 14, 2018 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One across all regions. The Final Season will also come to Nintendo Switch later this year.

Starting June 8, players will be able to pre-order the game on PC, PS4, and Xbox One for $19.99. All players who pre-order The Final Season will receive download access to each of the season’s four episodes as they become available. Players who pre-order on PS4 and Xbox One will also receive immediate access to The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection, which gathers all 19 existing episodes of the award-winning series into a single package.

PC players who pre-order on Steam, GOG, GamersGate, or the Humble Store will receive 10% off the full retail price. Win10 pre-orders through the Microsoft Store will unlock season one of The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series. All pre-order offers expire August 14.

Clementine, now a fierce and capable survivor, has reached the final chapter in her journey. After years on the road facing threats both living and dead, a secluded school might finally be her chance for a home. But protecting it will mean sacrifice. Clem must build a life and become a leader while still watching over AJ, an orphaned boy and the closest thing to family she has left. In this gripping, emotional final season, you will define your relationships, fight the undead, and determine how Clementine’s story ends.

  • Emotional, Gut-Wrenching Story – See Clementine’s journey through to the end. As she builds a new life, you will have to grapple with new types of choices and live with the consequences as AJ looks on, learning from your every move.
  • More Control, More Tension – A new over-the-shoulder camera system, greater freedom to explore detailed environments, and scenes with unscripted combat capture the fear of living in a world overrun by the undead and create the most engaging The Walking Dead game yet.
  • Striking New Visual Style – The all-new Graphic Black art style rips the ink from the pages of the Eisner Award-winning comic book series and brings the world of The Walking Dead to life like never before. Supports 4K resolution and high dynamic range on compatible devices.

In addition, The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be fully dubbed in French, German, Latin-American Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. It will also be subtitled in French, German, Latin-American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and both traditional and simplified Chinese. Episode one voice packs and translations will be available for download on launch day.

Batman: The Enemy Wihin Gets Two Endings and Two Trailers, Villain and Vigilante

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Two possible Jokers. Two epic trailers. One final episode. See what’s in store in the two separate storylines contained within episode five of Batman: The Enemy Within.

Building on last week’s full season trailer, today Telltale Games has released two new trailers dedicated specifically to the fifth and final episode of Batman: The Enemy Within, the episodic game series that continues Telltale’s unique take on the World’s Greatest Detective.

Episode five, ‘Same Stitch,’ contains two separate storylines and two possible versions of The Joker, so each of these trailers focuses on a different potential experience. The choices players have made over the course of the season will determine which story — and which version of The Joker — they ultimately see in the finale.

‘Same Stitch’ launches Tuesday, March 27 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, and mobile.

Check out the two trailers below!

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