Telltale Games brought the latest trailer for the noir detective The Wolf Among Us 2 to Summer Game Fest and finally clarified the release date. It’s a long wait: the sequel has officially been delayed to 2027, but PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC owners will be able to while away the time with a remaster of the original game in late 2026. Therefore, the developers decided to completely rethink the project.
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Reasons for the Delay of The Wolf Among Us 2
The current version of the game is being created practically from scratch. As Telltale Games CEO Jamie Ottilie admitted, AdHoc was initially at the helm, with just three or four key developers working on the project. Ultimately, the concept was completely redesigned.
Some of the old work and some of the AdHoc team still survive, but Ottilie states bluntly: this is a completely different game. Currently, the internal division of Telltale Games is working on the sequel, but the lion’s share of the work—approximately 60% of the entire production—had to be delegated to third-party outsourced studios. However, management is confident that the final result will not disappoint fans.
Development History and Timeline of the Sequel
Over the course of eight years, the sequel has died twice. The developers changed the engine, shuffled partner studios, and completely rewrote the concept. Fan theories aside, the official timeline looks like this:
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2017: The very first announcement at San Diego Comic-Con. The release is firmly scheduled for 2018.
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2018: First, Telltale delays the release due to internal problems, and by September, the studio is slammed by financial difficulties. The project is shelved and effectively dead.
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2019: In the fall, LCG Entertainment buys the assets and resurrects the Telltale brand. In December, a resounding announcement was made at The Game Awards: production was being restarted using Unreal Engine 4 in tandem with AdHoc Studio.
Project transitions to Unreal Engine 5
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2022–2023: The developers show the first gameplay trailer, aiming for a 2023 release. Then comes a technical setback. The transition from UE4 to the fresh Unreal Engine 5 forces the developers to throw away years of finished work. At the end of 2023, AdHoc Studio slams the door due to creative differences, taking the season’s fully written script with them.
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2025: Another fresh start. Now Argentina’s Trick Studios takes over, with the Telltale team personally dispatched to restart the production pipeline.
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2026: The Summer Game Fest event in June brings a new trailer with a release window for 2027. To sweeten the wait, The Wolf Among Us Remastered will be released for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC at the end of the year.
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2027: The planned release of the long-suffering The Wolf Among Us 2.
Three versions of the game from Telltale Games
It’s crucial to understand one thing. Behind the scenes, there were three completely different builds, each succeeding the other.
Version 1 (2017–2018). The original Telltale developed the project using its trusty old Telltale Tool engine. A mobile release was even planned. This build perished with the closure of the old studio.
Version 2 (2019–2023). The era of the revived Telltale and AdHoc Studio. The team managed to map out the entire season and put together the first trailers. But technically, this version reached a dead end—an attempt to cross the proprietary Telltale Tool with Unreal Engine 4 proved disastrous. The forced migration to Unreal Engine 5 required wiping out all accumulated progress.
Features of the current Unreal Engine build
Version 3 (2025 – present day). The current version. The internal team is working together with Trick Studios (which, for a moment, comprises 300 developers and two offices in Argentina and Los Angeles). The technical base is pure Unreal Engine 5. PM Studios will publish the project in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive under the official DC license.
It is this final version that Jamie Ottilie calls “a different game.” The situation is surreal: a former partner, Dennis Herman, head of AdHoc Studio, openly admitted that he has no idea how much of their story development will survive until release. And will anything remain of the original vision?
Bigby Plot Details and Target Platforms
The story will once again cast gamers into the dark streets of Fabletown, with Sheriff Bigby Wolf once again taking center stage. The character will face challenges, as the writers promise a brutal twist:
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A Deadly Conspiracy: The already precarious peace among the fairytale characters hiding in New York City will be threatened;
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Life in the Underworld: Bigby will find himself betrayed, framed, and effectively exiled by his own circle;
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Working from the Shadows: The detective must unravel a web of revenge, corruption, and fear alone.
A Remaster of the First The Wolf Among Us in 2026
The Wolf Among Us 2 is scheduled for release in 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and the announced remaster of the first game will sweeten the wait for late 2026.
