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Back To The Future Game Also Coming From Telltale

Yesterday, we broke the news that Telltale Games has signed a deal to create new episodic releases based off of NBC Universal properties, the first of which will be a Jurassic Park game. Today, the deal gets even sweeter, as it's been revealed that one of the other properties Telltale will be digging into is the Back to the Future series.

Develop brings word of the second game in the deal, with Universal Studios interactive vice president commenting that properties like Jurassic Park and Back to the Future "[don't] lend themselves to the stereotypical shoot-’em-up style of gameplay." We can probably guess that means the games will follow Telltale's usual point-and-click adventure game format.

Telltale CEO Dan Connors explains how the games will tie in to the properties that they're based on:

"The games are going to exist within these worlds. I wouldn’t call these games sequels per se, but a new interpretation of their worlds for a new medium. For one generation, it’s an introduction to these series. For another generation, it’s a thing they can look back on and something they can share warmly with their family and friends."

According to Develop's report, the first Back to the Future game episodes will be available for download this winter on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, and Mac. We've also heard that the first Jurassic Park episode is coming before the end of the year, so get ready for a deluge of classic films turned into episodic games.

Comments
  • I was wrong, THIS is the best news ever.

  • I cannot wait for this!!

  • Not sure how this is gonna work... I'm listening.

  • Please don't let it be point and click...

  • Anticipation...

  • I really liked the movies but i don't know if these will be good.

  • YES! Back to the Future is one of my favorite movies! It'd be great to see it translated into an awesome game.

  • no idea what its gonna be like, but back to the future is one of my fave series ever!

  • *gasp* GI.....you broke the news? How will we know what's going on in the world?

    I might try this out....maybe...

  • This news just made my whole day. :)

  • Jurassic Park.... Back to the fuure

    MIND *** BLOWN

  • THose were some pretty good movies, but how would a videogame adaption work? There wasn't alot of videogame material in any of them.

  • Yeah this sounds good, but also not sure exactly how this will work.  So I will wait to see more on this before judging just yet.

  • Oh man I bet a Back to the Future game would be awesome!

  • Um, Jurassic Park isn't so old that Telltale is going to be introducing that series to much of anyone (unless the games are going to be targeted at the under 10 set).

  • Score!  Telltale can become GODS if they pull these off.

  • Great Scott! Wonderful news!

  • wow.... the docs face says it all...

  • GREAT SCOT! It should not have taken someone 3 hours to post Great Scot! in a reply.

  • lame

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