After the massive success of their Walking Dead game, everyone was wondering what was next from Telltale in terms of comic adaptations. After all, this is the company that took over the adventure games from LucasArts (as they’re made up of former LucasArts employees) with Sam and Max and Monkey Island. When it was announceed they’d be making a “Fables” game, everyone got excited — but now is a good chance to get even more excited.
Putting gamers in the shoes of Bigby Wolf, this game takes place before the first “Fables” arc/trade. Allowing users to explore Fabletown like never before, the screenshots confirm that we get to see Bufkin’s emporium of lost goods and that Colin (Colin! Remember Colin?? Aww…) will be part of the narrative as well. Using the same cel shaded engine of Walking Dead, the screenshots look very exciting so far.
Take a look:
Here’s Telltale’s pitch on the game for you:
The Wolf Among Us is set to premiere later this summer on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network, and on PC and Mac from the Telltale Online Store and other digital distribution outlets. Additional platforms to be announced.
A consistent New York Times bestseller, ‘FABLES’ is one of DC Entertainment’s longest-running series published under its Vertigo imprint since 2002. With over a dozen Eisner Awards, including Best Writer, Best New Series, and numerous wins for Best Serialized Story, the FABLES universe has become one of the richest mythologies in the world of comics, imagining that characters like Snow White, The Big Bad Wolf and Pinocchio from the world’s most beloved storybooks are real – Real, and living among us, with all of their powers intact.
Set prior to the events seen in the first issue of the FABLES comic book series, The Wolf Among Us puts players in the role of Bigby Wolf, a man once more infamously known as The Big Bad Wolf. Now the sheriff of a hidden community in New York City, exiled from the land of fairy tales, Bigby is tasked by the bureaucrat Snow White to keep order within a society of mythical creatures and characters trying to remain undetected in the world of the mundane. From a chain-smoking member of ‘The Three Little Pigs,’ to a car-stealing Mr. Toad itching for his next wild ride, The Wolf Among Us examines the lives of beings straight from the pages of myth and lore, now trying to survive on the meanest and most run-down streets of New York City.
Look for the game on all proper systems later this year.
