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Joystiq interview: Telltale's Dan Connors on XBLA, Wallace & Gromit
Following last week's announcement that purveryors of fine adventure gaming, Telltale Games, would be making its long-awaited Xbox Live Arcade debut with the upcoming Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, we spoke with Telltale's CEO and founder, Dan Connors to learn more about the move. We talk about the company's platform strategy (iPhone?), its success with the capacity-challenged WiiWare service, and plans to bring older Telltale games to newly supported platforms like XBLA. So grab some cheese and/or your favorite sociopathic lagomorph and strap in for an interview more outrageously exciting than a T-Rex flying a biplane through a no-fly zone!Joystiq: Xbox Live Arcade – why now? You guys have been around for a while and you've obviously done GameTap, you've done PC, you've done Wii and WiiWare. So why XBLA and why now?Dan Connors: Well, I think it's just kind of happened in the natural growth of the company. We started in 2004 and we were eight people in an office and we've progressively grown. Each time – when we first launched on the PC, it was a challenge; and when we first launched on WiiWare, it was a huge challenge; and now getting everything to the place where we're self-publishing on WiiWare and now Xbox Live Arcade, it's just a great accomplishment for the company and opening up more channels.%Gallery-39989%
Say cheese! Telltale's episodic Wallace and Gromit coming to PC, XBLA in spring
Telltale has just ended the speculation about the choice of platforms for its next episodic adventure game series, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures. The first entry will be released this spring on PC and Xbox Live Arcade. According to Telltale's press release, Wallace & Gromit's Xbox availability is the first step in an "expansion" to XBLA, and the company "plans to announce additional titles for Xbox Live Arcade in the coming months." Along with the announcement, Telltale sent out new screens of the game, which look perfect. With the help of our super-intelligent dog, we've built a ridiculous Rube Goldberg contraption to move them into a gallery for you. Now let's celebrate -- with cheese!%Gallery-39989%
Captionable: Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures
[Update: A winner is you, Steveorsz. A winner is you. Thanks for all the entries everyone.]The most challenging part of being a blogger isn't the frequent trips to the sweatpants store or having to keep a Cheetoh dust rag on hand at all times. No, the biggest hurdle is firing up Comic Life and adding those hilarious speech bubbles to game images. We're finally taking a stand against the hardest part of our jobs and asking that you, the Joystiq Biomass, help us out. Just comment with your best caption for the above screenshot from Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures and check back in a few hours. We'll add our favorite to the image and thank you in the post. Be sure to check out all the new screens below for some added inspiration.%Gallery-39989%
Wallace & Gromit go episodic with Telltale
Not content with merely developing one episodic game series featuring a charming dog, Telltale Games has revealed a new game starring Aardman Animation's eccentric duo, Wallace & Gromit. In Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, players will be able to control both the absentminded inventor and his expressive dog, no doubt developing bizarre Rube Goldberg machines, mechanized articles of clothing and an insatiable lust for delicious, delicious cheese.Though details regarding price and number of episodes have yet to be confirmed, Telltale CEO Dan Connors has assured fans that the show's distinct clay-mated look will be maintained, and that Grand Adventures wouldn't seek to emulate previous (see: not so good) games based on the property. "We feel like the gameplay should be more of an experience," he said. "You should be able to interact with the other characters and really feel like you're in the world of 'Wallace & Gromit..." Given said world's clay constitution, that provides even more reason for us to stay out of the sun.%Gallery-39989%
