"The City That Dares Not Sleep," the fifth and final episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, is coming out on August 30th, and if you weren't already anticipating it you surely will be after watching the splendiferous trailer, which Gamespot is exclusively presenting at the moment. In the meantime, Telltale is offering some sort of deal on the Sam & Max seasons that none of you care about because you loyally bought them all on day one.
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Some tireless Telltale forumites have noticed that the ESRB rating summary page for "The City That Dares Not Sleep," the upcoming finale to Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, exposes some mild plot elements and gives away a few jokes to justify the "Everyone 10+" classification bestowed by the ratings board.
This isn't the first time the ESRB or synonymous entities have given us our first details on a game, and it surely won't be the last. Read at your own risk.
Source: ESRB.com
Telltale deserve the business for doing brilliant work in a risky market. These new adventure games are smarter, wittier, better looking, and more fun than their ancestors ever were. The key to their recent success is that instead of whining about how gamers are just a bunch of shoot-happy stupids who are easily distracted by bling-mapping, Telltale sat down and re-thought the entire genre. They figured out what made the games fun and they ripped out and re-designed everything else.
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Word is out that Telltale have been working on another CSI Game "CSI: Fatal Conspiracy".
Partner with FBI agent Gene Huntby in 5 Connected Cases to take down the Queen of the Hive. For the first time ever, the storyline engages you from the first case to the last.
...a fully updated rendering engine allowing for more realistic lighting effects, and enhanced character acting and lip sync with the voices of the main actors from the show.
You can view the website here.
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Steam's being going crazy with the Telltale love recently, and now the excellent Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People (optimistically subtitled "Season One") is a whopping 82% down in price. That makes it a meagre £3.99/$4.99, which is an absolutely superb price for the amount of entertainment you get out of it. One dollar/80p an episode! Go buy! If you haven't done already, or hate Steam.
Update by Kroms: Right now, Sam and Max Seasons One and Two are going for $9.95, Season Three for $24.95, Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent for $8.95 and Strong Bad + DVD for the aforementioned Steam price. Lots of merch is on sale as well. I'd be buying all this stuff if I didn't own it already. This hilariously-late update brought to you with the help of Mixnmojo's readers. Thanks, guys!
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Coming hot on the heels of the recently-released first screenshots, Telltale has announced that Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode 4, Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, will be released on Tuesday, July 20.
July 20, that is, for PC, Mac, and US PlayStation Network users. If all goes as planned, European PSN users should be able to play it on Wednesday, July 21.
I hope you don't have anything scheduled for that date, because otherwise the zombie-Sam-dolls apocalypse is going to put a real crimp in your plans. And possibly a hole in your skull, as the zombies suck out your sweet, sweet brains.
Source: Telltale's blog
Telltale has released the first three screenshots from the fourth episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, and by the looks of things it's sure to titillate gun enthusiasts and George A. Romero alike:
The episode drops sometime this month.
Tales of MI.net grilled her several months back, and now it's Sam & Max.co.uk's turn. Yep, the internet's got a new interview with Nikki Rapp, voice of Lili Zanotto, Morgan LeFlay, and, most recently, the spoiled and revered Sammun-Mak himself.
What’s next in the pipeline for you?
I’ve been really blessed to play the characters I have. I still remember the feeling of booking my first job, walking into the session and feeling like all the hard work, patience and perseverance was worth it. The memories of working on Psychonauts, not knowing at the time what a huge deal it was – to the present, working with Telltale – who no doubt will continue to make quality, well told stories, making you laugh and cry. I don’t know what is next for me, but I’ve really been lucky so far! I have a feeling it’s just going to get better and better.
Are there future Telltale endeavors in the cards? Nikki Raptor, perhaps? (Sorry.)
Source: http://samandmax.co.uk/
Source: Telltale blog
Episode Two of Telltale's Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures, "The Last Resort", is now available on iPad. Anyone who's had an itching for cracking puzzles or contraptions can now do so for $4.99. I'd link you to our review, but our features and archives are dead; and unlike the Easter bunny, they have not yet been resurrected.
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Telltale Games have put up a survey so you can give them feedback on the sorts of things you would want in to see in their Back To The Future games, including four potential plot summaries.
You can read the guff and find the survey link on Telltale's latest blog "What Do You Want to See in a Back to the Future Game? Tell Us!".
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At the same time they filmed those brief clips of Graham Annable seen in the Puzzle Agent developer featurette, Telltale apparently conducted a full-blown interview with the accomplished cartoonist/animator, covering his whole career and the inception of Grickle. Part One is available here:
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Telltale has lived up to their promise of a June release for their first "pilot" game, Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, which is now available for PC and Mac. Folks who pre-ordered should have their email by now, and while waiting for your download to complete you can check out the corresponding blog entry where Telltale has rounded up some additional reviews so we don't have to.
The WiiWare, iPad and iPhone versions of the game will be released in the near future.
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Today is evidently the day that the review embargo for Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent is lifted, as a number of reviews have been popping up all over the 'net (a popular shorthand for "internet"). Here's a few write-ups; the consensus, as you might expect for a Telltale title, is predominantly positive:
As usual, we'll try to do a half-hearted job at updating this list as the day goes on. Stay tuned for the all-important Mojo review, or you can just skip reading reviews altogether and get your own damned opinion. It's not like you didn't buy the game already.
