Telltale Games Signs Publishing Licensor Agreement with Nintendo of America
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Former Telltale Staff
SAN RAFAEL , CA. – August 24 2011– Telltale Games, the leading
independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive
entertainment, today announced it has signed an agreement to publish
video games for the Wii™ home console from Nintendo. The company
also announced that its best-selling game, Back to the Future: The
Game, which has achieved more than one million downloaded episodes on
PC, will be the first title under this agreement to be published in
North America at retail this October for $19.99.
“Securing a publishing agreement with Nintendo of America ensures that
we can make our popular content available on every major console
platform. This signing is a significant milestone in our
long-term growth strategy, “said Telltale co-founder and CEO, Dan
Connors. Back to the Future: The Game is a great fit for
the Wii platform and we’re excited to bring it to retail this holiday.”
About Telltale, Inc.
Telltale is a leading independent digital publisher of interactive
stories playable on every major gaming platform. Telltale is also the
pioneer of episodic delivery of content developing games as series and
successfully releasing on a schedule to create a longer consumer
engagement for each release. Founded in 2004 by LucasArts
veterans with decades of experience, Telltale has quickly become an
industry leader, establishing the model for successful episodic game
creation and digital publishing. Telltale has sold more than 3.5
million episodes since 2005. Telltale’s reputation for quality has been
established across more than 25 published releases that have
cumulatively earned an average Metacritic score above 80%. Telltale's
titles have won numerous awards including, "Adventure Game of the Year"
accolades from publications such as IGN, PC Gamer, GameSpy, and
Adventure Gamers, and have been recognized by mainstream outlets
ranging from USA Today, to The New York Times to Variety.
Telltale currently develops and publishes episodic series on
PlayStation ® 3, PC, Mac, Wii™, Xbox 360 ® and iPad.
About Nintendo
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment,
Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware
and software for its Wii™ home console, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™
family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the
Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.7 billion
video games and more than 600 million hardware units globally,
including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS,
Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy
Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It
has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household
names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and
Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc.,
based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's
operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about
Nintendo, please visit the company's website at http://www.nintendo.com.
independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive
entertainment, today announced it has signed an agreement to publish
video games for the Wii™ home console from Nintendo. The company
also announced that its best-selling game, Back to the Future: The
Game, which has achieved more than one million downloaded episodes on
PC, will be the first title under this agreement to be published in
North America at retail this October for $19.99.
“Securing a publishing agreement with Nintendo of America ensures that
we can make our popular content available on every major console
platform. This signing is a significant milestone in our
long-term growth strategy, “said Telltale co-founder and CEO, Dan
Connors. Back to the Future: The Game is a great fit for
the Wii platform and we’re excited to bring it to retail this holiday.”
About Telltale, Inc.
Telltale is a leading independent digital publisher of interactive
stories playable on every major gaming platform. Telltale is also the
pioneer of episodic delivery of content developing games as series and
successfully releasing on a schedule to create a longer consumer
engagement for each release. Founded in 2004 by LucasArts
veterans with decades of experience, Telltale has quickly become an
industry leader, establishing the model for successful episodic game
creation and digital publishing. Telltale has sold more than 3.5
million episodes since 2005. Telltale’s reputation for quality has been
established across more than 25 published releases that have
cumulatively earned an average Metacritic score above 80%. Telltale's
titles have won numerous awards including, "Adventure Game of the Year"
accolades from publications such as IGN, PC Gamer, GameSpy, and
Adventure Gamers, and have been recognized by mainstream outlets
ranging from USA Today, to The New York Times to Variety.
Telltale currently develops and publishes episodic series on
PlayStation ® 3, PC, Mac, Wii™, Xbox 360 ® and iPad.
About Nintendo
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment,
Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware
and software for its Wii™ home console, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™
family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the
Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.7 billion
video games and more than 600 million hardware units globally,
including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS,
Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy
Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It
has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household
names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and
Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc.,
based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's
operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about
Nintendo, please visit the company's website at http://www.nintendo.com.
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