Telltale Games reportedly laid off a number of employees last month
Telltale Games reportedly laid off a number of employees last month.
The claim was made by cinematic artist Jonah Huang, who posts on Twitter as ‘J Jonah Jonahson’.
Huang worked at the previous incarnation of Telltale Games, and was a cinematic artist on such titles as The Walking Dead: Michonne, Minecraft: Story Mode, Batman: The Telltale Series and Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series.
Telltale closed down in 2018, letting go almost all of its staff one day without warning.
When the Telltale Games brand returned in 2019 under new ownership, Huang was hired again, seemingly to work on The Wolf Among Us 2.
“This is a sore subject, but I feel it necessary to add to the gaming layoff news: Telltale laid most of us off early September,” Huang tweeted.
He then stated that he couldn’t comment on the status of The Wolf Among Us 2, because he’s under a non-disclosure agreement.
He added: “I signed an agreement not to cause any harm to Telltale’s business as part of my severance package. But I am legally allowed to speak on behalf of being laid off, and this statement of fact is sincerely not an attempt to cause harm or ruination to the company.
“This is a departure from what I usually post, which is just pixel art / stuff about my game. But this is extremely important to me, as someone that genuinely cares about the people who works in games. I hate seeing abuse and exploitation continue.”
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Huang added that he re-joined Telltale because he was a fan of the original The Wolf Among Us and wanted to work on the sequel.
“Our team was very small and I was genuinely excited for the game,” he said, adding: “Telltale has yet to publicise
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