The Wolf Among Us 2 delayed, will not release in 2023

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The Wolf Among Us 2 has been delayed and will not be released in 2023, Telltale Games has announced today. The key reasons for the delay of the The Wolf Among Us 2 is that the game is being moved from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, and the studio wants to avoid crunch to ensure the development team do not burnout.

Speaking to IGN, Telltale Games CEO Jamie Ottilie said, “Making games is difficult and they need time to be right. And it doesn’t do any of us any good to ship something that’s not ready. If we put this game out and it’s not ready, we’re going to get torn to shreds.The expectations are pretty high, and we want time to meet those and we want to be proud of it and know that, ‘Hey, this is the best game we could have made.’ Let the world say what they will once it’s done, but at least we know that in these times, in these conditions, this is the best game that we could make. I’ve done crunch, and I don’t want to do it again, and it’s not fair to ask it. You can’t plan a business around it. So yeah, part of it is about maintaining a healthy work culture. We don’t want to burn out our good people.”

The Wolf Among Us 2 was shown in February 2022, having first been announced in 2017 then delayed in 2018 to 2019. However, during that time the original Telltale Games studio folded in September 2018 with  LCG Entertainment picking up the Telltale Games brand and re-founded the studio in early 2019, confirming that the game was back in development. With the game being pushed out 2023 it is now not known when Telltale Games will aim to release the game. Of course, the earliest would be 2024, but if that is the target there is no confirmed release window.

Source: Twitter/IGN