More Telltale employees have reportedly been laid off

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One of the Telltale employees who remained after last month's mass layoffs said her team has now been let go.

Update (6 pm Pacific): Noel clarified in a followup tweet that some people are still at Telltale, although she wasn't sure about the numbers, saying only that "not many" remain. We'll update again when more information becomes available. 

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Telltale Games underwent a "majority closure" in September that saw the elimination of all but a "skeleton crew" of 25 employees. CEO Pete Hawley insisted in the wake of the layoffs that Telltale wasn't actually closing, but would continue operating for the foreseeable future. Today, however, narrative designer Rachel Noel revealed on Twitter that the remaining employees have now been let go. 

Noel said in a September tweet that she's legally barred from talking about the situation at Telltale, but in more recent tweets she's made her feelings clear. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe," she wrote today, paraphrasing Rutger Hauer's famous Blade Runner monologue. "80-hour crunch weeks. Mismanagement of some of the industry's top talent. All of those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." 

She also said that she, like the employees who were laid off in September, will not get a severance package.

Interestingly, because it was widely assumed that the remaining employees were being kept around to finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Noel also clarified that she was not on The Walking Dead team. Telltale said a few days after the layoffs were revealed that it was in talks with "multiple potential partners" to finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season, but there's been no further word on that front since.   

We haven't seen similar statements from other remaining Telltale employees indicating that they've also been let go, but we're continuing to monitor the situation. We've also reached out to Noel and Telltale for comment, and will update if we receive a reply.

Andy Chalk
Andy Chalk
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Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.