Demonstrating rather resolutely where his loyalties lie, JP reports from the Telltale forums about a small interview with Back to the Future co-writer and producer Bob Gale about his involvement with the upcoming games conducted by Digital Spy. Here's the whole thing given its brevity:
Back to the Future Telltale Games
Telltale Games's Back To The Future episodic series is expected to start in November.
Screenwriter Bob Gale, who worked on the Back To The Future movies, has detailed his involvement in the Telltale Games project.
"I've been having story meetings and exchanging emails and phone calls with the folks at Telltale to make sure that what they develop feels like Back To The Future," he told DS.
"My understanding is that the first instalment - this is a computer game not a console game - they'll be coming out in instalments with the levels released apart, I don't know what the exact schedule is.
"I think they're looking towards the end of October, beginning of November to release the first level."
Gale teased that the story could feature an alternate timeline: "Is it canon? Not exactly, it's a game so they're not the same," he said.
"On the other hand you can say that the Back To The Future series has postulated how you could have almost infinite timelines. Who's to say that the timelines we create in the game couldn't be alternate timelines?"
He added that it will be more "consistent" than previous tie-ins with the franchise, recalling that a NES version was "just dreadful" and "one of the worst games ever made".
It was recently revealed that Christopher Lloyd will reprise his role as Doc Brown for the games.
I also want to point out this Slash Film write-up that ran right after the USA Today ("I WAS FRAMED!!!") piece broke, which claims that the series will be released for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, PC and Mac. I don't think Telltale has officially announced platforms yet; it will be interesting, and certainly unprecedented, if they attempt to hit all of the above simultaneously.
Source: Digital Spy
* Set after the movies in the 1980's.
* Hill Valley is your base area (staging point).
* Some characters from the movies will make a return.
* Game centered around Doc & Marty (dont expect Doc's kids/wife to be featured).
http://www.destructoid.com/pax-holy-sh-t-i-m-in-a-delorean-time-machine--183141.phtml
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Ha, I didn't think there was really any information in that interview that wasn't known and posted here already, so didn't bother reposting it here.
Yeah, I was thinking that exact same thing. They've already said "just after the Blu-Ray" end of October.
You're still a dirty filthy traitor though. :P