Telltale Bags $6 Million in Funding

Telltale Games, makers of the recent Sam and Max episodic series of adventure games, has announced that they've gotten ahold of $6 million in funding. GamesIndustry.biz references the press release, which states that a San Francisco-based venture capitalist firm took the plunge ... apparently based on the power of the digital distribution methodology. Telltale's CEO and co-founder Dan Connors said, "This funding will allow us to stay on the cutting edge of innovation by building out our team and our tools, and by taking on new licenses for the episodic treatment ... Telltale has it all-a great group of people who are changing an industry while doing what they love," said Granite Ventures managing director Chris Hollenback, who has now joined Telltale's board of directors." Considering that a year ago no one was sure if the Sam and Max games would work in this format, I think this is telling about the future of games and digital distribution.

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Re:Excellent!

[Ekhymosis]

Indeed! I would absolutely LOVE it if they brought back Monkey Island. For too long has Guybrush been locked up in the brig of LucasArts. Let him and his piratey monkey minions come forth for new adventure!

I love Star Wars as much as any other geek, but come on LucasArts, don't let the games that made you great die off.