Mojang Announces Minecraft Story Mode: A Telltale Game Series

In a stunning turn of events, it was announced today by Mojang (in an interactive flash no less) that a Minecraft game created by the amazing minds at Telltale is being made.

[UKmilitia]

is this MS then? or a deal mojang had before the sale?

[Rimeskeem]

It will release on playstation platforms as well

[3-4-5]

So is This game going to shape what will end up being a Minecraft 2 like 3-4 years from now ?

[GdaTyler]

Facepalm. Telltale could have chosen anything better to do a story. Minecraft may be a pretty good sandbox creator, but come on, a story?

[nowitzki2004]

I cant see it either but im sure Telltale will surprise us all.

[MeliMel]

You can still create a story in the Minecraft world. If they can do it for Lego, why not Minecraft? Im pretty sure TT can come up with something. Hollywood even has a script for Minecraft movie...just saying.

[LightDiego]

The next project will be Pewdiepie Adventure's?

[goldwyncq]

RIP headphone users.

[mixelon]

.. Earlier I said I wanted them to do something left field. XD
This is a lot more so than I had imagined. What the hell.

This could be kind of fun..! We have literally no idea what it'll be like, and that's interesting.

It could end up terrible, but it might end up great. That makes for a much more fun project to watch.

[-Foxtrot]

LOL

Telltale doing a game on something popular with a huge fanbase.....gee I wouldn't of guessed that

As expected

[goldwyncq]

Wouldn't be surprised if they tackle COD next.

[scark92]

Or Batman, but I would be totally cool with that!

[-Foxtrot]

Wouldn't put it past them

Instead of doing something original latch on other franchises success. People judge the franchise they are instead of how good the stories are

[scark92]

Il probably skip this one!

[redknight80]

I won't totally write this off, since I know nothing of what they will do with the story...but this is just too random of a thing to make a game series on. I would have thought something else would be their next game, like going after another TV show like Breaking Bad or something. That would be epic.

[jollygoodchap8]

Telltale knows what they're doing. These people has perfected their story telling abilities.

Day one.

[Angerfist]

Seriously. Telltale created a money source that keeps on giving but that doesn't mean every franchise needs a game from them.
What's next? Tetris?

[Codewow]

Telltale has made amazing games based on other parties content. I am slightly worried about this though. Minecraft with a pre-written story is hardly Minecraft-like, but maybe it will do the game good to have some sort of story behind it.

[masa2009]

Telltale is overrated.
Their games have no gameplay, and their story branches are limited too.
They are like those static screens Japanese visual novels, except the narrative depth of those has been traded off for a few character animations and limited freedom of movement.
They are like Mass Effect 2 without shooting.
Years before their games, Quantic Dreams was doing the same narrative/simplified action thing already in Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy.

Think about it, if their games were so hard to make, would a studio of this size be able to churn 4 or 5 series at the same time?

[AshleeEmerson]

Give them a break, I mean we're gamers and there's something for everyone. Aren't you a gamer still? or have the politics engulfed you?

[masa2009]

@AshleeEmerson I'm not criticizing the fact that their games are not action based. What I'm saying is that for games that are not action-based and focus on narrative and adventure, the scope of said narrative is surprisingly limited.
You have games that do more gameplay-wise than they do (although again, that's not a requirement) and still have deeper narratives than Telltale games.

[-Foxtrot]

Exactly....hit the nail right on the head

If you took the walking dead and stripped it of its brand it would be another Zombie game and I highly doubt it would be praised for its "story".

The stories are pretty average, Naughtydog, Bioware and Irrational have been telling better stories for longer. It wasnt until they did a massive in franchise like the WD people suddenly noticed how good their games are....sorry but they would of been know for that for years of true