Ever since Telltale Games announced they would be making a single player adventure game out of Minecraft, we've wondered just exactly what that would look like.
Well, they gave a little peek at that Oct. 1 with the first trailer for Minecraft: Story Mode.
It doesn't give a whole lot of information, but given what we know about Telltale games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, we can pretty much extrapolate from there how it would play.
Pick up where you left off on Tuesday on PC, Mac, PS3, and PS4, on Wednesday on Xbox 360 and Xbox One and on Thursday on iOS.
Debuted at Minecon 2015, Minecraft: Story Mode is a 5 episode adventure series from Telltale, set in the Minecraft Universe. What could possibly happen in a scripted Minecraft story? Well,
Players will control protagonist Jesse throughout the season, as portrayed by actor Patton Oswalt. Jesse and his group of friends revere the legendary Order of the Stone; four adventurers who slayed an Ender Dragon. The Order is the very best at what they do: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect. While at EnderCon, Jesse and his friends discover that something is wrong... something dreadful. Terror is unleashed, and they must set out on a journey to find The Order of the Stone if they are to save their world from oblivion.
Are you interested in playing Minecraft: Story Mode?
Telltale has announced a mini Walking Dead game series starring everyone's favorite katana-wielding badass, Michonne. The story wil follow Michonne "during the time between issues #126 and #139. Through this Telltale Games mini-series of 3 episodes, players will discover what took Michonne away from Rick, Ezekiel, and the rest of her trusted group… and what brought her back." The game will be released for PC/Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and mobile.
March 24th, 2015
PC/Mac, PlayStation 4 & 3 (US/SCEA)
March 25th, 2015
Xbox One & 360 (Worldwide), PlayStation 4 & 3 (EU/SCEE)
March 26th 2015
iOS & Android-based devices
Telltale Games released this teaser image for episode 3 of their Game of Thrones series. There be dragons!
Episode 2 of Tales From the Borderlands just came out, and it looks like episode 3 of GoT won't be far behind. Are you ready for all this Telltale?
Lionsgate Entertainment has made a "significant" investment into Telltale Games as part of their previously announced move to expand beyond television and film. The investment means that Lionsgate's CEO will be joining Telltale's board of directors, and according to their press release, the "collaboration will also enable the two companies to explore opportunities to co-develop existing and original IP into episodic games and television."
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer had this to say about the investment: "Telltale is one of the premier storytellers in the gaming world today. Their leadership in narrative-driven episodic games, together with our investment and the potential opportunities created by our premium content expertise, will continue to strengthen their ability to offer exciting new avenues of storytelling to their next generation audiences across a broad range of platforms."
UPDATE: Telltale's CEO has spoken to EW, and announced that part of this investment includes work on a "Super Show," which is a concept that combines "one part of interactive playable content with one part of scripted television style content. Both pieces, when combined together, are what make an actual Super Show 'episode.'" Whatever that means.
Get it on February 3rd on PlayStation, PC, and Mac; February 4th for Xbox; and February 5th on your mobile devices.
Episode two will be released on February 3rd for PlayStation, PC, and Mac, Feburary 4th for Xbox, and February 5th on mobile.
Minecraft: Story Mode will be a standalone game based on the Minecraft world, with an all new original story told in a narrative and choice driven episodic series. The collaboration between Mojang and Telltale has come about to satisfy a "massive demand for fiction set in the Minecraft universe." You can learn more about it by playing Info Quest II on the Mojang Blog.
The game is due out some time in 2015.
If you're on Xbox One you'll have to wait for tomorrow (or Dec 3rd for Xbox 360), but if you're playing on PC or a PS3/4, get it while it's hot.
