In an interview with Entertainment Weekly Telltale Games' CEO Kevin Bruner has revealed some of the company's future - specifically in regards to their new "supershow" concept.
"Our first Super Show is an original IP we've developed in collaboration with a world-class creative partner who's just as excited about the format as we are. Together we've created a world where we can really demonstrate the power of this new format and leverage the toolkit it brings to us as storytellers, much like we've done in the [game-only] space."
Clearly Telltale Games have big plans for this new approach.
"Our goal is to create products that have a legitimate chance of winning both a Golden Globe and a Game of the Year. This means both aspects of the productions must be first class work."
"Each Super Show episode [the interactive game and the scripted episode] will be released as a package designed so that you can consume the interactive portion or watch the scripted show portion in any order you'd like. For instance, if you play the interactive episode first, certain elements of the scripted episode portion will be tailored to reflect some choices made in your interactive play through. If you watch the show before playing, some elements in the interactive portions may be presented differently than if you played first. The interactive episodes will never release without a scripted episode, they will always come out together."
Telltale Games are teaming up with Lionsgate on this new venture and details on their new IP is incoming soon. Perhaps as soon as next Tuesday during GDC where Telltale are hosting a session called "When Story is the Gameplay: Multi-Genre Writing for Telltale Games" as part of the Game Narrative Summit. Or perhaps on Friday when Kevin Bruner and Dan Connors host a panel at PAX East "Storytime with Kevin Bruner and Dan Connors from Telltale Games". In fact, it's the first session in the main hall, so you'd kind of expect some sort of news to drop there.