Lionsgate and Telltale Games join forces for TV-game hybrid
by Keith Stuart from Technology | The Guardian on (#3SNE)
The movie studio has invested in the developer of the Walking Dead games to develop a new crossover concept featuring both TV and game elements
There have been myriad attempts to marry television and games into "holistic transmedia experiences" - and the results have often been as bad as the phrase itself.
All that could be about to change following a decision by film and television studio Lionsgate to make a "significant" investment in Telltale Games, the developer of episodic adventure games based on The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.
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