The Expanse developer Telltale has formally acquired Flavourworks, a mobile-first that focuses on producing expertise for cinematic interactive tales. Based on Telltale CEO Jamie Ottilie, this acquisition is a part of its technique to work with studios and technologies–either by way of partnership or acquisition–that aligns with its imaginative and prescient to develop cinematic and episodic video video games.
“Followers as we speak need to work together with their favourite IPs extra deeply, and interactive narratives are a very immersive method to try this,” Ottilie stated in a press assertion. “On the identical time, folks need to entry their video games from wherever they’re, no matter system or platform. Flavourworks’ expertise and interactive video experience will allow us to effectively create story-based video games and attain extra folks by way of streaming and new platforms. We’re enthusiastic about what it may imply for our portfolio of video games.”
Flavourworks is most well-known for releasing the full-motion video journey Erica in 2019 on PS4, and can be the inventor behind TouchVideo, a expertise that enables for extra seamless interplay on recorded movies. “The Flavourworks’ workforce, expertise, and inventive experience is an ideal match for Telltale,” stated Sir Ian Livingstone (CBE) of Hiro Capital, the corporate that backed each studios. “Following Telltale’s profitable launch of The Expanse, with its sturdy evaluations and glorious participant suggestions, I sit up for seeing what gameplay improvements a collaboration with Flavourworks will herald constructing best-in-class narrative video games.”
Telltale Video games–which was reborn in 2018 after the unique studio closed its doors–released the primary episode of The Expanse: A Telltale Sequence in July. Accessible on PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, and PC, the sport is about previous to the occasions of the unique TV sequence. This new incarnation of Telltale can be engaged on The Wolf Amongst Us 2, which is getting ready to launch in 2024.
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