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Telltale exits the CSI game 05 Sep, 2008 / Comments: 6

By Jason


After making two games for the CSI license, it would appear that Telltale is moving on from that particular series as Ubisoft has announced that the latest installment, CSI: New York, based off the show's second spinoff, will be developed by Legacy Interactive. (They are the third developer to take a crack at CSI adventures games, with the first being 369 Interactive.)

Although I have nothing really to back this up, I would imagine that Telltale's abandonment of the license was voluntary rather than a decision on Ubisoft to find a new developer since their games probably sold well (as anything with the CSI name on it undoubtedly does). When Telltale acquired the license in 2005, the "big name" appeal of CSI was more useful to the company then than it is now, when they are busy enough with their own increasingly high profile self-published series. (The two Telltale CSI games remain the company's only example of a traditional developer-publisher relationship.)

Those of you who've never picked up Telltale's CSI games may want to look into Ubisoft's soon to be released CSI Super Pack, a $29.99 compilation that includes Telltale's CSI games as well as the two previous, non-Telltale Vegas titles. Since fifteen bucks apiece is cheaper than I've ever seen 3 Dimensions of Murder or Hard Evidence, look at the other games (which I've never played) as an added bonus.
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6 Comments

  • Dirk on 05 Sep, 2008, 10:39…
    meh.
  • neon_git on 05 Sep, 2008, 09:34…
    I actually really enjoyed the CSI games. The only thing wrong with them was hat they had a tendency to beat you over the head with product placement. It wasn't even just logos everywhere, the last case in the most recent game was solved with help from, and I quote, "the good people at Visa".

    Anyway, from a gameplay perspective I thought they were a lot of fun and I'm somewhat disappointed as I was looking forward to a new Telltale CSI game.
  • black_sheep on 05 Sep, 2008, 08:14…
    meh.
  • black_sheep on 05 Sep, 2008, 08:14…
    meh.
  • The Tingler on 05 Sep, 2008, 11:44…
    You really ARE a sheep!
  • Diduz on 05 Sep, 2008, 07:20…
    That's for the best. The CSI games were their only games I didn't particularly like. They were still too dependent on Ubisoft original (wrong, IMHO) take on the series.