When Epic Games gave away The Wolf Among Us for free, it felt less like a promotion and more like a farewell. Telltale Games had shut down. Their storefronts disappeared. And a studio known for stories was suddenly without one of its own. For many players, it was a quiet ending. But The Wolf Among Us never felt like a story meant to end that way.
It felt unfinished. Not because it wasn’t good, but because it still had more to say.
A Game That Shouldn’t Exist—But Does
The Wolf Among Us 2 was first announced in 2017. At the time, it was expected in 2018. Then Telltale collapsed. The sequel was cancelled. The studio went dark. For years, it seemed like we would never hear from Bigby Wolf or Snow White again.
But in 2019, something unusual happened. A company called LCG Entertainment bought Telltale’s assets. They brought the name back. And at The Game Awards that year, they announced that The Wolf Among Us 2 was alive again.
Not resumed—rebuilt. Development started from scratch. The original work was not used.
What We Know Now
The Wolf Among Us 2 takes place six months after the first game. But the story still sits before the Fables comics. Bigby is sheriff. Snow White is back. The setting is New York, covered in snow.
The tone hasn’t changed. It’s still noir. Still strange. Still a mix of fairy tale and mystery and slow-burning emotion.
Adam Harrington and Erin Yvette return as Bigby and Snow. Jared Emerson-Johnson returns as composer. AdHoc Studio, formed by former Telltale developers, is handling the cinematic work. Telltale’s current team is building the game itself.
One change: all episodes are being developed at once. It will still be released in parts, but this shift may help avoid the long waits that frustrated players in the past. Save files from Season 1 may carry over. We don’t know yet what that will mean.
The Delay That Made Sense
The game was delayed. First to 2024. Now to 2025. A major reason was the switch to Unreal Engine 5. The team chose to rework the project instead of trying to patch it midstream. They also made a decision to avoid crunch. That alone puts this version of Telltale in a different light.
Still, not everything has gone smoothly. In 2023, Telltale confirmed layoffs. Some affected developers said the cuts were significant. The studio says development is still underway. It is still happening. But the silence has been long.
The last full trailer came out in early 2022. Since then, there have been website updates. Hints that more information may be coming.
A Studio Searching for Redemption
The new Telltale is not the old Telltale. It has the same name. It makes the same kind of games. But it is trying to do things differently.
The original studio made too many games, too quickly, without enough care. Players noticed. Sales dropped. The company fell apart.
This new team is smaller. More cautious. They have said they want to do things better. No rushed releases. No empty promises. And so far, they seem to mean it.
The Wolf Among Us 2 is their test.
Waiting for Bigby
It’s 2025, and we still don’t have a release date. But for people who loved the first game, hope hasn’t faded. It’s coming to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. When it finally arrives, it will have taken nearly a decade to get here.
Most games don’t get a second chance. Most studios don’t either.
But Bigby is still out there. And if this new version of Telltale delivers what it promised, this sequel won’t just continue the story.
It will rewrite the ending.
📌 Changelog
- May 10, 2025: Article re-written to add updated information. Changed image. Removed expired link to giveaway.
- Dec 26, 2019: Original article posted.
