Might we one day see Telltale Games tackle genres that extend well beyond those that feature in their current slate of titles?
The studio has, over the years, worked on massive IPs ranging from The Walking Dead to Game of Thrones, and while you might consider their style pretty consistent, the themes they explore are certainly not.
That exploration might take the studio in some interesting new directions, it seems, after creative communications chief Job Stauffer recently suggested that the studio has ambitions to break new ground with regards to their own output.
"So we have the neo-noir of The Wolf Among Us, apocalyptic drama of The Walking Dead, family adventure comedy of Minecraft, superhero action in Batman, epic fantasy with Game of Thrones," Stauffer told Games Industry. "We have yet to really tackle a romantic comedy, something on the lighter side. Or even an adult drama, something like The Big Chill.
"There are so many different genres of storytelling that are underrepresented in games, and there's a lot of space that we have yet to tackle at Telltale. That's not to say that it's coming up next, but there are definitely genres like that that we would like to cross off the list someday. And there's always audiences for them, as well."
If you're a fan of the studio's output, the full interview is worth a read.