Take a guess at Telltale's 2016 Schedule
I thought this might be fun. Taking wild guesses based on tiny pieces of evidence on which games willl be released in which months or seasons
Minecraft Story Mode episode 5 FINALE (Because episode 4 is definitely coming out this month) - late January
The Walking Dead: Michonne PREMIERE - February (duh)
The Walking Dead: Michonne Episode 2 - April
The Walking Dead: Michonne episode 3 FINALE - June
Telltale Batman Episode 1 PREMIERE - July
Telltale Batman Episode 2 - September
Super Show Episode 1 PREMIERE - October
Game of Thrones Season 2 episode 1 PREMIERE - November
Telltale Batman Episode 3 - December
The Walking Dead Season 3 PREMIERE - Late December (maybe 2017)
That's my shitty list. Make your own list to prove me wrong.
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Soooo much Telltale... Aaaahhh.....
Wanna know something crazy? We got a whopping 5 (6 if episode 4 of Story Mode happens) Telltale Episodes in just 3 MONTHS
Also Batman will probably premiere later in the year rather than midway through.
What's weird is that, ignoring the delayed release of Michonne, it seems that Job has hinted at different points in time that Super Show and Game of Thrones: Season 2 could also come in 2016, and that's entirely ignoring that Batman was already confirmed for 2016 in the announcement.
I would predict that Batman and Game of Thrones: Season 2 would premiere towards the end of the year (think mid October - early December) like the schedule has worked for the last few years, but Super Show is a weird exception. Assuming Super Show is still on track for 2016, I'm curious how they will time that into their schedule.
Also of note is that Telltale is moving towards a point where they can premiere more than two series a year - which is cool.
Game of thrones won't be till 2017 most likely
I would normally agree, but Job seemed to hint it was coming next year via Twitter back when he was teasing the announcement, saying their 2016 schedule looked a lot like TV.
I think it's really cool that Telltale has been growing steadily every year since their formation, and haven't stopped yet. I'm sure there will eventually be a point where the growth steadies out, but it will be interesting to see just how big they get before that happens.
They're now at the point where they're no longer the small team where everyone interacted directly with their fans and the fans felt like they got to know everyone that worked there, but in exchange they now are big enough where they can take on really interesting licenses and have the potential to help smaller developers through publishing (which I really hope they capitalize on).
I agree that The Walking Dead Season Three is likely going to be released in 2017, given that Michonne has been moved to 2016. And Game of Thrones will almost certainly be releasing in the late fall or early winter of next year if it is going to premiere in 2016. That means that Michonne is going to be released early in the year, along with Minecraft: Story Mode. However, there's going to be only one or two episodes of that series to premiere in 2016 (depending on if episode 4 releases in 2015, which, with Michonne moved to 2016, is a real possibility). That opens up the possibility that either Batman is farther along than the trailer would suggest, and it's ready to premiere in early 2016, alongside The Walking Dead: Michonne, or their Super Show will premiere in early 2016 instead. Then, once Michonne ends, since it's only three episodes, there will be a spot in the summer for either Batman or the Super Show to premiere alongside which ever series premiered earlier in the year.
Since Batman seems to just be concept art at this point, judging from the trailer, my guess for the release schedule is Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 4 in December, then in 2016 (I'm guessing a mostly two month release cycle due to their tightening things up lately, the fact that they have over 300 employees now, and the fact that they seem to be releasing games from multiple series a lot more quickly than they used to, but I'll admit this might be optimistic):
January - Minecraft Story Mode Episode 5
February - Michonne episode 1 and Super Show episode 1 (the February Sweeps would make this a perfect time to release the TV version of the Super Show)
March - Michonne episode 2
April - Super Show episode 2
May - Michonne episode 3
June - Super Show episode 3
July - Batman episode 1
August - Super Show episode 4
September - Batman episode 2
October - Super Show episode 5
November - Batman episode 3
December - Game of Thrones: Season Two episode 1
I think that Michonne will be released monthly, because they said on TWD website: "February release date. We bumped this a TINY bit but this allows the game to get even bigger and better and for all three installments to hit on a tight schedule."
I was first thinking the Super Show would probably premiere in the middle of the year (like late Spring or early Summer), but as of recently, I feel that Telltale might try to premiere the Super Show in the same timeframe that a normal TV station would premiere a show. Because of that, early fall might be a possibility.
-January: Minecraft ends
-February: Michonne starts
-April: Michonne episode 2
-July: Supershow starts
-August: Michonne ends
-September: Supershow episode 2
-November: Supershow episode 3, Batman starts
-December: TWD S3 starts (or starts getting revealed)
Minecraft: Story Mode
(As with the earlier episodes, I think we can expect more quick releases with Episode 4 already showing signs of progress)
The Walking Dead: Michonne
(I normally would not expect releases this quick, but Telltale confirmed the delay was for quicker releases so I was basing that off of Minecraft's release schedule.)
Batman (Untitled Series)
(Basing my prediction off of how Game of Thrones/Borderlands/Minecraft turned out when they were announced the previous year)
Game of Thrones: Season 2
(Season 1 episodes were mostly bimonthly and punctual except for the Season Finale. I would expect Season 2 to premiere late into the year with Batman)
EDIT 12/6: Changing my prediction; moving up Game of Thrones earlier into the year after Michonne ends since Season 1's plot leads into Season 2.
Super Show
(With Super Shows attempting to resemble TV, I expect a monthly schedule)
I was normally expecting Season 3 of Dead to come in 2016, but at this rate (and with Job hinting Thrones Season 2 could be one of the 2016 titles), I am expecting Dead Season 3 to come in 2017.
That does seem like it could be the case, but the novel idea behind the super show makes me suspect that they'd want it to be done in time for the February sweeps, since those are the most important numbers in the Neilsen ratings.
The idea behind the series "Play the game and have your choices influence the outcome of the show!" seems like just the kind of promotion that the networks love to use to increase ratings during sweeps.
Woah Super show in February?! Would they have enough time to promote it? They've been very quiet about it since last year.
If this was the real schedule it be a sad time to not have anything Telltale related for months.
It wouldn't be the first time they've revealed something right before release. Wallace & Gromit was their biggest franchise acquisition to date back when they got it in 2009. They revealed the game in February and released the first episode in March. For a more successful title, they revealed Poker Night 2 right before release as well.
This one has a benefit over those in that they've been talking about the concept for about a year now, so the buzz for the game part of the project has already started. If they start teasing it on television in late January, that will make plenty of buzz to be in time to premiere in time for February sweeps. This project is probably going to be aimed as television show first, game second (since, if they plan to keep the usual broadcast standard of an episode a week, there will likely be more episodes of the show than the game - which means that the game will influence the show every 2 to 4 episodes). The biggest promotion for this will most likely be on Telltale's partner's end (or at least the network that is going to broadcast the show).
I hope that's the case I WANT more news from the super show.
Don't forget TFTBL season 2
Thread: Telltales game lineup?
Batman was confirmed for 2016. Also, as of the last few years (since 2013), Telltale also tries to premiere at least two new series a year. I don't think we would go for a whole year where all we get is a three episode mini series.
EDIT: I'm dumb; I misread your list haha. Still, though, I don't think we are getting Walking Dead S3 in 2016.
Yeah, in 2016, it's likely we'll get Michonne plus at least one whole series (if not two, since Michonne is just a mini series), and possibly a premiere of another series or two at the end of the year.
They've been ramping up releases lately, since they now have a staff of over 300 employees.
Damn you think Batman is coming FAST? I don't know about that especially since Michonne is getting a release schedule similar to Story Mode.
Wait, what about The Walking Dead Game: Season 3?
Since Michonne is premiering in February, and they have said that The Walking Dead: Season Three won't even receive any news until that miniseries has finished up, there's a good chance the third season won't be premiering until 2017.
Well, that list is what normal gaming company would do, get the first 2 eps of a new game to build hype, and then release a game to get more hype, then finish the first game (Releases can't be tooooo fast), and continue the next
Oh, I was hoping it wasn't going to get delayed a second time but if they can't release it this year then I hope they will be able to next year.
I'm expecting Minecraft to end extremely early in 2016, and Michonne to have waits of about 1-1.5 months at most. Not sure what the format of the Super Show will be, whether it'll be similar to their current 5-6 episode series, or if it'll have shorter, but more common and more numorous episodes, so I'm just gonna say when I think it'll premiere and when it could end. I'm also assuming Batman to have 5 episodes, and TWD S3/GoT S2 to have 6 episodes each.
2015
Minecraft Episode 4 - December 2015
2016
Minecraft Episode 5 (FINALE) - late Jan to mid Feb
Michonne Episode 1 - mid/late Feb
Michonne Episode 2 -Late Mar/early April
Super Show Premiere - mid/late April
Michonne Episode 3 (FINALE) - mid May
Batman Episode 1 - mid July
Batman Episode 2 - mid/late Sept
Batman Episode 3 - late Nov/early Dec
GoT S2 Episode 1- mid/late Dec
2017
Batman Episode 4 - mid/late Feb
GoT S2 Episode 2 - late Feb/early Mar
Batman Episode 5 (FINALE) - late April/early May
GoT S2 Episode 3 - early/mid May
Super Show Finale (If premiere April) - early May
TWD S3 Episode 1 - early/mid June
GoT S2 Episode 4 - mid/late July
Super Show Finale (If premiere July) - early August
TWD S3 Episode 2 - mid/late August
GoT S2 Episode 5 - late Sept/early Oct
TWD S3 Episode 3 - late Oct/early Nov
Marvel Episode 1 (continues through 2018) - late Nov/early Dec
GoT S2 Episode 6 (FINALE) - early/mid Dec
Actually, once Minecraft and Michonne finish up with their quicker releases, what if we get Game of Thrones Season 2 as early as late Spring/early Summer? Unlike typical Telltale Seasons, Season 1 of Game of Thrones ends on a note that would lead much more directly into a second Season. Because of that and the fact that we would otherwise have a long gap between Michonne Episode 3 and the end of the year (when new Seasons typically premiere as of the last few years), I could see them pushing up Game of Thrones: Season 2 to an earlier point in the year to fill in the empty time.
If Michonne goes at the same pace as Minecraft, I could see it ending late April. Then, Game of Thrones: Season 2 could premiere between May-July so that people wouldn't have to wait terribly long and Batman could premiere towards the end of the year as most would probably guess. If not that, then we might also get a standalone game or two like how we got Poker Night 2 and Walking Dead: 400 Days in 2013 to fill in the time between Walking Dead: Season 1 and Season 2/Wolf.
With the lack of information on the Super Show beyond the fact we are getting news in 2016, it might have been pushed back, and Michonne, Batman, and Game of Thrones: Season 2 would be the new games in 2016.
What if they end up having to delay Game of Thrones? Wasn't The Walking Dead Game: Season 3 originally meant to release this year?
No. I don't believe it was ever planned for late 2015.
2015
December - Minecraft SM Episode 4
2016
February - Minecraft SM Episode 5 & TWDGS2 Michonne Episode 1
March - TWDGS2 Michonne Episode 2
April - Supershow Episode 1 & TWDGS2 Michonne Episode 3
May - Batman Episode 1
June - Supershow Episode 2
July - Batman Episode 2 & Game of ThronesS2 Episode 1
August - Supershow Episode 3
September - Batman Episode 3
October - Game of ThronesS2 Episode 2 & Supershow Episode 4
November - Batman Episode 4 & The Walking Dead GameS3 Episode 1
December - Supershow Episode 5 & Batman Episode 5
2017
January - Game of ThronesS2 Episode 3 & The Walking Dead GameS3 Episode 2
March - Game of ThronesS2 Episode 4
May - The Walking Dead GameS3 Episode 3 & Game of ThronesS2 Episode 5
June - Marvel Episode 1
July - The Walking Dead GameS3 Episode 4
August - Game of ThronesS2 Episode 6
September - Marvel Episode 2
October - The Walking Dead GameS3 Episode 5
November - Marvel Episode 3
December - New Probject Episode 1 & The Walking Dead Games3 Episode 6(If it has 6 Episodes)
2018
January - Marvel Episode 4
February - New Probject Episode 2
April - Marvel Episode 5 & New Project(2) Episode 1
People seem to forget that Telltale takes a Christmas break, and since Minecraft hasn't been classified yet and there have been no (specific) teasers, I doubt it comes out this year.
For Michonne, I'm going to make some basic assumptions: One Episode takes roughly two months to be made, Episode 1 would have been ready for late Fall if they hadn't decided to hold it back, and they've been working on Episode 2 since mid November or so (since the purposeful delay was decided on). Episode 2 will be done before Episode 1 even comes out, and Episode 3 will be done around the same time that Episode 2 is released.
Not sure about Batman and the Super Show, but I think they won't start until Michonne ends. There will probably be a down period of two months or so after Michonne finale releases.
My guess:
Minecraft: Story Mode
Episode 4: Early to Mid January
Episode 5: Early Febuary
The Walking Dead: Michonne
Episode 1: Mid to Late Febuary
Episode 2: Mid to Late March
Episode 3: Mid to Late April
Batman
Episode 1: Late June
Episode 2: Late August/Early September
Episode 3: Early to Mid November
Possibilities
Game of Thrones Season 2 (unlikely, but possible)
The Walking Dead Season 3 (highly unlikely)
Don't want to make any guesses about Super Show as I really have no idea when it fits in.
They actually specifically stated that The Walking Dead: Season Three would not be premiering this year.
You're probably thinking of The Walking Dead: Michonne, which was set to premiere this year, but was postponed to next February. The Walking Dead: Season Three hasn't ever had a release year set yet.
But, Episode 4 has been classified in New Zealand which still means it can release before their break (Probably the 22nd).
Ah, didn't see that it was classified already. Then it might still be possible to release in December, but I don't see it yet.
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Updated Predictions for February 2016
I'm feeling a bit bored (and chomping at the bit for the news we get on Michonne this week), so I decided to update my predictions for fun. A few things have changed since this thread was first posted (hints of Telltale pushing towards quicker releases, hints that Season 3 could come this year, etc), so I made a few changes.
Minecraft: Story Mode
The Walking Dead: Michonne
E3 2016/General Summer Event Announcements
Game of Thrones: Season 2
(Seasons 1/2 are interconnected, so I can see an early release for Game of Thrones: Season 2)
End of year/into next year
Batman (Untitled Series)
The Walking Dead: Season 3
I'm thinking either Batman October and Walking Dead December, or Batman and Walking Dead a week apart in December or November. Basing it off the past fall releases though.
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