Telltale plans to finish The Walking Dead as a former employee files a class action lawsuit

Telltale laid off 90% of its employees on Friday in advance of a full studio shutdown. The company is keeping a handful of workers onboard to finish a Minecraft project with Netflix, but reports suggests that over 200 now-former employees were terminated without notice or any sort of severance. Now one of those affected has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Telltale violated California employment laws, even as the company assures fans that plans are in motion to complete The Walking Dead. Planned Telltale projects like Stranger Things and The Wolf Among Us 2 are unlikely to ever see the light of day, but The Walking Dead: The Final Season was in the midst of production as the bad news came through. Episode 2 launches tomorrow, but the fate of the third and fourth episodes is up in the air. On Twitter, Telltale says “multiple potential partners have stepped forward to express interest in helping to see The Final Season through to completion. While we can’t make any promises today, we are actively working towards a solution that will allow episodes 3 and 4 to be completed and released in some form. In the meantime, episode 2 will release tomorrow across all platforms as planned. We hope to have answers for your other questions soon.”