After some uncertainty, Telltale Games is closing for good

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The end has come for Telltale Games, which is now in the process of winding down completely. A representative of consulting firm Sherwood Partners told GameDaily.biz that it is handling the company's liquidation, while a former employee said that company's legally-mandated COBRA health insurance will come to an end on November 30. 

Telltale is now in assignment proceedings, which the site explained is different from bankruptcy proceedings but leads to essentially the same result: A sell-off of the company's assets, with money raised going to creditors. A lawyer told the site that such proceedings generally involve advance consultation with those creditors to ensure they're on board, which suggests that the process could be wrapped up relatively quickly. 

Also of note, Telltale CEO Pete Hawley, who said shortly after the "majority closure" that signaled the beginning of the end that the studio would continue to operate, has deleted his Twitter account. His LinkedIn profile indicates that his tenure as CEO ended this month. 

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NINERISM

Not a surprise. It all started going downhill when they began chasing big name-of-the-moment IP's one after the other without following through on any of them to the end. They managed to get Game of thrones and were chasing Batman before that was done. Then Guardians of the Galaxy then Minecraft and then planning Stranger Things and eyeing Netflix before the inevidible happened. 

Greedy CEO's. Always looking to the future and never their mind on where they were and what they were doing. Should have listened to Yoda.

George Lucas starts out as a small indie filmaker who despised big studios. Ended up becoming the thing he started out fighting against.. Ex-Lucasart employees who despised big studios start Telltale, a small indie game studio. End up being the worse case example of big studio CEO mentality greed.

Any ex-Telltale employees planning anything?