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[The Lurker]

Also, as a result Wolf Among Us Season 2 has been cancelled.

[Iron Curtain]

I know some Telltale employees personally. At the very least, they helped resurrect the Adventure game genre back into the mainstream and now we have Night in the Woods, Firewatch, Broken Age, Thimbleweed Park, etc. The world was better for Telltale Games' existence than without.

[Johnny Unusual]

That's a bummer.  I was a big fan of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People and I've heard great things about their Walking Dead series, which is now going unfinished.

[Iron Curtain]

That's a bummer.  I was a big fan of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People and I've heard great things about their Walking Dead series, which is now going unfinished.

SBCG4AP made me a Telltale fan. The game production took a toll on Matt Chapman who did all of the voices except for Marzipan, though.

[The Lurker]

That's a bummer.  I was a big fan of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People and I've heard great things about their Walking Dead series, which is now going unfinished.

I heard they have a skeleton crew working on the final Walking Dead part, so that may still get a release.

[Compound]

RIP Telltale Games

I'm in shock. They seemed to be doing so well. They had that Stranger Things game in the works...

There's a chart floating around of their Steam numbers. Huge number of people played TWD. There was a drop off to not huge, but decent numbers for Borderlands, Wolf, TWD S2 and Game of Thrones, but then the numbers fall off a cliff. Batman, Guardians, Michonne all were apparently disasters for the company.

[Compound]

On a brighter note- the first three Phoenix Wright games are getting a PC release in early 2019

[Iron Curtain]

On a brighter note- the first three Phoenix Wright games are getting a PC release in early 2019

Yippee Skippee! Too bad I already played though them...

[Lesbunny]

On a brighter note- the first three Phoenix Wright games are getting a PC release in early 2019

Yippee Skippee! Too bad I already played though them...

I got a collection for them years ago on the 3DS eshop. Granted, I've been known to get multiple copies of games. I have Fire Emblem Warriors on both systems with all the DLC on both, but I don't think I'll pick up Phoenix Wright again.

[Iron Curtain]

On a brighter note- the first three Phoenix Wright games are getting a PC release in early 2019

Yippee Skippee! Too bad I already played though them...

I got a collection for them years ago on the 3DS eshop. Granted, I've been known to get multiple copies of games. I have Fire Emblem Warriors on both systems with all the DLC on both, but I don't think I'll pick up Phoenix Wright again.

Same here. Phoenix Wright is not one of those games that I would play twice. And I'm with you on getting multiple copies of games for different systems.

[CJones]

Back in June, Farsight, makers of Pinball Arcade, lost the rights to all of the Bally/Williams tables. Which took out a huge chunk of their library (including almost all of the actually good games). Many people speculated that Williams might be planning to make their own recreations, or even better, get back into the pinball manufacturing business.

Nope. They sold the rights to Zen Studios, makers of the Pinball FX series. The first Williams table pack is set to be released on October 9th, and will include The Getaway, Junk Yard and Medieval Madness. Fish Tales will also be available for free.

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[The Lurker]

So Ghostbusters is getting its own equivalent to Pokémon Go and one of the ghosts that’s been announced is Kenner Real Ghostbusters Fearsome Flush.

[Russoguru]

Wasn't that the toilet from "Look who's talking 2"?

[Variety of Cells]

Back in June, Farsight, makers of Pinball Arcade, lost the rights to all of the Bally/Williams tables. Which took out a huge chunk of their library (including almost all of the actually good games). Many people speculated that Williams might be planning to make their own recreations, or even better, get back into the pinball manufacturing business.

Nope. They sold the rights to Zen Studios, makers of the Pinball FX series. The first Williams table pack is set to be released on October 9th, and will include The Getaway, Junk Yard and Medieval Madness. Fish Tales will also be available for free.

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That's.... weird.  I already own those tables from Farsight.  And I don't think Zen has done any table recreations yet.  I'm not sure I trust them to nail the feel of a real table, even if some of their virtual tables have been fun.  Animating the toys is kind of cool, but yeah, so far I'm not sold. 

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Back in June, Farsight, makers of Pinball Arcade, lost the rights to all of the Bally/Williams tables. Which took out a huge chunk of their library (including almost all of the actually good games). Many people speculated that Williams might be planning to make their own recreations, or even better, get back into the pinball manufacturing business.

Nope. They sold the rights to Zen Studios, makers of the Pinball FX series. The first Williams table pack is set to be released on October 9th, and will include The Getaway, Junk Yard and Medieval Madness. Fish Tales will also be available for free.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Ifmi0bCzeWw" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Ifmi0bCzeWw</a>

That's.... weird.  I already own those tables from Farsight.  And I don't think Zen has done any table recreations yet.  I'm not sure I trust them to nail the feel of a real table, even if some of their virtual tables have been fun.  Animating the toys is kind of cool, but yeah, so far I'm not sold.

I just tried out the free table on FX3, I don't like the interface, and the ball physics does not seem quite right.   I don't see that platform working well for a simulation of a real table.