Telltale and Warner Brothers just announced a Batman episodic series, coming to PC, Mac, consoles, and mobile devices next year. It was just announced at the Game Awards 2015 in Los Angeles a few minutes ago. No name has yet been revealed, but it certainly is a major franchise for Telltale to tackle.
The only thing known about the story is a small tidbit from the press release: "“This iteration of Batman will give fans a first-hand opportunity to dive deeper into the complex life and mind of Bruce Wayne, the duality of his own identity, and the struggle of responsibility in saving a city overcome with corruption and villainy.”
This also means that we'll be seeing Telltale's take on games from both of the major comic universes, as Telltale has already announced a Marvel game, that will be premiering in 2017.
From Minecraft: Story Mode, to The Walking Dead: Michonne, to Batman, to their Marvel game, to The Walking Dead: Season Three and The Game of Thrones Season Two, and their first season based on an original intellectual property that will be both a television show and a video game series, Telltale certainly has a lot lined up in the next few years.
Check out the premiere trailer embedded below, or directly here.
Kolzig
Seriously, Telltale needs to stop making too many games at the same time. They need to focus on fewer franchises at a time and make sure that the games are top notch and bug free.
Batman is interesting IP, but over bloated in the past years.
For the most part I agree, but at the same time I have been thinking for years that Batman would fit the Telltale model really well. We shall see. Hopefully they'll have Conroy voicing.
Batman is interesting IP, but over bloated in the past years.