Telltale are short of becoming what Lucas Arts was for adventure gaming in the early 90ies. I love it.

I'd trust them to come up with their original characters as well, but as long as they keep licensing AWESOME titles and make them work, it's fine to me.

Great!

lumpi

@PlayerX: I just read that on the Wikipedia... didn't know S&M was on the Wii!

Didn't either! That's a new direction for Nintendo. Oh wait...

alanmusician

Gosh Telltale, you seem to score a lot of intellectual properties for an independent developer.

RRRansom

TellTale is taking on a lot of projects these days. Let's hope that the games don't suffer because of this.

TF2Soldier914

Ooh. I was leery about Sam and Max because it took them a while to release Bone episodes, so hopefully they can keeps a pace with Wallace and Gromit. Telltale is really showing what episodic gaming can be

Shin-san

@Stipey: In the closet, but you have to shoot at it first.

Seg

love wallace and gromit, putting this on my list

Aparanoidandroi

Hell yes! I love me the Telltale PnC adventure games.

Can't wait.

thezman

Wallace and Gromit? Holy crap! Telltale, are you scheming to get all of my non-existant money in perputuity forever?

tim333

@Spenze: A Max versus Gromit showdown would be ace.

Krondonian

YES! I love W&G and Telltale seems like a perfect fit.

Matthew DeLoach

This is just pure genious, can't wait. Now where's the cheese?

Stipey

@ShaggE: But we all know Max would win every fight.

Spenze

@wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!: NO! That almost defeates the purpose of Wallace & Gromit. :(

Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer

Telltale, I love you.
So much.
I would go to the ends of the earth for you, I am so pleased.
Now make more Bone.

TheCleaningGuy is no longer (that) disappointed with DMC4

Sam, Max, Strong Bad, Wallace, Gromit, Bone... Telltale needs to make a deal with Capcom and put out the most awesome "Capcom Vs." fighting game in history.

ShaggE

Great news! This is definitely the best thing that could be done with this franchise.

ApertureScienceIntern

There's no mention of the platform in the news article. I hope it'll be coming out for everything, or at least the Wii again like Sam and Max.

I just read that on the Wikipedia... didn't know S&M was on the Wii! Gotta find that one!

PlayerX

They sure do look very "Sam & Max".. nice addition to the Telltale library. Hope Telltale continue to grow till the point that they can finally get the rights of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion from Lucas Arts.. oh well..

CockroachMan

The Sam & Max games are improving every time an episode is released (and started out fairly well anyway), so I have high hopes for this!

Kazzahdrane

it's all about the penguin thief from wrong trousers.

Savior

I still have the VHS copy of A Grand Day Out.

Cannot. Wait.

Mainman

Woo! These will be the only videogame that's creative roots are in my city!

Though I'm no fan of Sam and Max...so not such a woo for me. However, if they can pull of the claymation look accurately, it'll be an insta buy.

Krondonian

Telltale is quickly becoming my new favorite developer. Wallace and Gromit sounds like a perfect fit for the episodic adventure game model.

J. Kyle

The short movies were amazing..the movie was less.. I hope this trend doesnt continue in the game. I love these guys. Now I could really go for some cheese.

stupidjason

gotta make sure the character models arent too shiny, otherwise it will lose some of that claymation feel. (see above picture)

icegoat

This is awesome. Aardman Studios rules the school. I'd just like this to be the next Traveler's Tales game. LEGO Wallace and Gromit? YES PLEASE.

wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!

Fantastic news!

Looks like I'm going to play another adventure game on my laptop other than Sam and Max. :)

sascha23

the movies were always really good!

ZeroGinc

Sounds rad.

justhesh

Sounds perfect for Telltale. However I probably wouldn't get it unless it comes to the Wii like Sam and Max is, not a big PC gamer.

Phantom5800

Cracking game, Gromit!

Wizzard

wow... who knew there was such w&g love among kotakuites?

dArk_stAr

Quoted: This is just pure genious, can't wait. Now where's the cheese?

It's in the closet, but you have to shoot it with the revolver first!

idontlikewords

Don't mistake me for a hater, but... "clay presents a challenge"? Are you kidding me? Anyone with any experience in 3D modeling should have a good laugh at that statement.

You know what we call 3D renders of models that have the default material applied to them? Clay renders. Because it looks like clay. By default.

Toasticus

Given the past games based on aardman projects, they might as well prepackage it as "Wallace and Gromit: mediocre adventure game."

raiseplease

Kick ass AWESOME!!

foxwarrior88

Are they done with Sam and Max, are they replacing it with this?

J.A.

@Toasticus: Well, does that apply once you export and put it in a game engine that's handling the lighting?

I'm truly ignorant on this subject. I'm just wondering if it would be different once exported from whatever program you actually 3D model in...

thezman

adventure game + wallace and gromit = win!!!

wfreiden

holy shit that is too damn awesome
date date date date date

luir

@thezman: While it's true that easy effects for pre-rendered 3D can become very difficult in game engines, clay materials don't pose any problems there. They really don't. Baking out a soft ambient occlusion map and adding random, subtle bumps to the normalmap should be totally sufficient. Maybe some really soft rimshading if they want to get fancy. And here's the kicker: once you get one clay material ready to go, all you have to do is change the base color for all your other clay needs.

When 3D artists talk about things that are challenging for real-time game graphics, the most common subjects are hair, water, reflections, and soft shadows from lights that move around. Making clay look like clay is pretty much the simplest 3D thing you could ever be expected to do, other than making concrete look like concrete.

Toasticus

When they did Sam & Max, what can I say, my pants are still tight. When they did Strong Bad....I ignored it. This has my attention again, keep up the good work Telltale.

Now all they need to do is nab the rights to Monkey Island.

Sight

Just give me a port of Neverhood and start working on a sequel.

marmidukestank

@J.A.: Nope. Season 3 comes out later this year. :D

ShaggE

Heck. Yes.

I bought Sam and Max Season One last week or so, and it's brilliant. Perfect for my laptop. I can play it any time I feel. I love W&G, as well.

Who am I kidding? I love adventure games. Now make a new Hotel Dusk.

OneManFreakShow

@Toasticus: If it's so easy to do why do Nick Park and Co do all their films with actual clay/stuff like clay?

I'd have thought they'd just stick to computers if it was so easy to render...surely it can't just be for the 'authentic experience'?

(By the way, I have no knowledge on the topic...not that you wouldn't have gathered that by now).

Krondonian

@Krondonian: Probably for authenticity, mostly. I was curious myself so I tried looking up any articles on his reasoning, and found this snippet from an interview:

"I wanted to keep the hand-made quality that it's always had."

So that's one factor. I'm guessing that another factor is that a switch from real clay to CGI would turn him from expert to novice, preventing him from getting really hands-on with how he wants specific shots to be set up. The last factor is just getting that stop-motion animation quality, which can be accomplished by disabling the automatic tweening that all 3D animation programs apply.

Toasticus

@Toasticus: Yeah, he just really seems to prefer the 'old-school' qualities of the hand done animation.

Thanks for the link, great interview even if a bit dated now.

Krondonian

I have a soft spot in my heart for claymation, Wallace & Gromit especially. I hope it turns out well. The story about the evil penguin would make a fun game.

Strangelove

YAY! I really like the shorts, and the movie was fun, W&G seem like a perfect fit for this kind of game.

artofwar420

Just to make it official:

LucasArts has been renamed Atari.
Telltale will now be known as LucasArts.

Carry on.

Tybee

Easiest decision ever. Money in the bank.

el_rezzo

Awesome can't wait

Murderdolls

ya, this is a good idea

TheNocturnalSun

It's a great idea, but...

I worry that Telltale Games may be spreading their talent and inspiration thin with 3 simultaneous franchises in the same genre.

mcderek3000

This is an awesome idea.

Cheese, Gromit!

headcrab

Oh hell yes. Great idea, that.

Bernard McGraw

Wallace & Gromit adventure game? Like Sam & Max? SOLD!!!

sweetie55

Nick Park's worlds seem like a natural to reward curiosity. What a basis for an oldschool adventure game!

fuchikoma

I'm guessing that we'll be playing as Gromit seeing as he's the real brains of the operation.

HepCat

I'm gonna play the hell outta this game.

The Question

Holy crap, is Telltale's mission statement "Make games out of every awesome thing" or something?

Jawajoey