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telling Gamescan’t seem to catch a sightly break as in addition to its on-going struggles , the company now faces a lawsuit from its former CEO and Centennial State - founder Kevin Bruner .
Telltale is an independent developer with some measure of success with itsThe walk Deadseries of game , as well as itsBatman : The Telltale Series . Bruner help chance the caller in 2004 with several of his co - worker from LucasArts . They released their first secret plan in 2005,Telltale Texas Hold ' Em , as well as several CSI - ground games . However , the company ’s claim to fame fall in 2011 with its episodicThe Walking Deadgame . That game lead to several sequel , including a new onethat will arrive in August . The companionship established itself as a giving player in RPGs , with its unique elan of gameplay focused almost alone on dialogue choices made by players within the game .
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Bruner became CEO in 2015 , but the company fired him from that capacity in 2017 . Although he was to stay on the board of directors after that , he was eventually removed from that function , too . The Marin Independent Journalreports that Bruner is now suing Telltale over breach of contract after being let go from the company and its board of film director . Bruner stated that while he was still on the board of director , the company was"contractually obligated to provide him informational musical accompaniment as he prepared to sell his retention in vulgar and favored stock,“but Bruner take that this did not happen . Then he claims that the company kick him off the gameboard by members who he put forward did not have enough stock in the caller to vote on such matters .
AlthoughThe Walking Deadgames gave Telltale a nifty deal of success , the past year has seen the company begin to clamber . The companylaid off over 90 workers in 2017to restructure with a nidus on making less game with a smaller ontogeny team . In March , account began to surface that the company had a toxic work environment in which employees were working with old tech for last - minute crunch before a game deadline that would include crowing changes . Employees lay claim that they worked longer hours than most and with schedules that rarely made sense .
Whatever happens with the case , Telltale is still stay onward . After the vent of the final secret plan inThe Walking Deadseries , the studio has plan to break agame base onStranger thing , as well as an interactional TV experience forMinecraft : Story Mode .
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Source : The Marin Independent Journal
