Telltale Games to develop Back to the Future and Jurassic Park episodic games

by: Tina - posted: 6/10/2010 6:43:00 PM

We received information today that Telltale Games got the rights from Universal Pictures to develop two games from two of their popular franchises. We don't know too much about either game, save for the fact that one will be based on Back to the Future and the other on Jurassic Park.

Both games will be developed under Telltale's signature episodic style, which seems fairly fitting for games based on a series of films. They've hinted at the fact that these new games will give Telltale a chance to offer products of "new genres and new styles of gameplay." Being that they're probably most well known for their adventure style games, I wonder if they will choose to move beyond that.

The first season of Back to the Future is due out this Winter, with Jurassic Park following sometime after that.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – June 9, 2010 –Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced a multi-year, two-title video game development deal with Universal Partnerships & Licensing. Telltale Games has secured the rights to create video games based on two of Universal Pictures’ most popular intellectual properties, Back to the Future and Jurassic Park. The first game released under the agreement will be a Telltale Games “season” based on the successful Back to the Future series of films.

With more than five million episodes delivered to date across all major video game platforms, Telltale is the acknowledged leader in digitally delivering episodic content to consumers. The agreement broadens Telltale’s product offerings into new genres and new styles of gameplay.

“Our partnership with Universal is an exciting next step in our continued growth as a mass-market games publisher and developer,” said Dan Connors, CEO of Telltale Games. “We are all huge fans of both of these franchises. For Back to the Future and Jurassic Park, we will leverage Telltale’s expertise in story-telling and game design to deliver on the unique elements of each series, with our goal being to create compelling cinematic adventures paying homage to each franchise.”

Jurassic Park and Back to the Future are two of the most successful film trilogies ever, grossing over $3 billion dollars at the box office collectively.

“Telltale Games has succeeded in establishing a unique combination of digital and physical distribution models, and their reputation for quality production is well earned,” said Bill Kispert, Vice President and General Manger, Digital Platforms, Universal Partnerships & Licensing. “Telltale’s episodic story-telling is an ideal means by which to add compelling new content to these important franchises.”

Look for the first video game based “season” of Back to the Future from Telltale this winter, followed shortly by Jurassic Park. Telltale will release more information on both game series at a later date.