--- title: Telltale Games is back, but can it learn from its past... description: Telltale Games has resurfaced with The Wolf Among Us 2, now published by PM Studios. CEO Jamie Ottilie outlines sweeping changes from the studio's troubled... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/telltale-games-is-back-but-can-it-learn-from-its-past-mistakes--aepjtfluv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Telltale Games is back, but can it learn from its past mistakes? | daily.dev og:description: Telltale Games has resurfaced with The Wolf Among Us 2, now published by PM Studios. CEO Jamie Ottilie outlines sweeping changes from the studio's troubled... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/telltale-games-is-back-but-can-it-learn-from-its-past-mistakes--aepjtfluv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aEpJTfLUv.png og:image:alt: Telltale Games is back, but can it learn from its past mistakes? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Telltale Games is back, but can it learn from its past mistakes? **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 10 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Telltale Games has resurfaced with The Wolf Among Us 2, now published by PM Studios. CEO Jamie Ottilie outlines sweeping changes from the studio's troubled past: abandoning the legacy Telltale Tool in favor of Unreal Engine 5, scrapping rotating development teams in favor of one consistent team, releasing the full game on a single date rather than episodically, and committing to no mandated crunch. Ottilie also pledges proper developer crediting and creative freedom for storytellers, contrasting sharply with the formulaic, crunch-heavy practices that contributed to the studio's 2018 collapse. PM Studios CEO Michael Yum emphasizes a creator-first publishing philosophy and realistic milestone expectations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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