The Wolf Among Us

The Wolf Among Us
Developer(s)Telltale Games
Publisher(s)Telltale Games
Director(s)
  • Nick Herman
  • Dennis Lenart
  • Jason Latino
  • Martin Montgomery
  • Kent Mudle
  • Vahram Antonian
Producer(s)Chris Schroyer
Designer(s)
  • Ryan Kaufman
  • Joe Pinney
  • Aaron Casillas
Programmer(s)
  • Keenan Patterson
  • Jason Reis
  • David R. Chaverri
Artist(s)David Bogan
Writer(s)
Composer(s)Jared Emerson-Johnson
SeriesFables
EngineTelltale Tool
Platform(s)
ReleaseOctober 14, 2013
Episode 1
    • WW: October 11, 2013[2]
    • WW: October 14, 2013 (OS X)[1]
    • NA: October 15, 2013 (PS3)[2]
    • EU: October 16, 2013 (PS3)[3]
    • AU: October 16, 2013 (PS3)[3]
    • WW: December 4, 2013 (iOS)[4]
Episode 2
    • WW: February 4, 2014[5]
    • NA: February 4, 2014 (PS3)[5]
    • EU: February 5, 2014 (PS3)[5]
    • WW: February 5, 2014 (X360)[5]
Episode 3
    • WW: April 8, 2014[6]
    • NA: April 8, 2014 (PS3)[6]
    • EU: April 9, 2014 (PS3)[6]
    • WW: April 9, 2014 (X360)[6]
    • WW: April 10, 2014 (iOS)
Episode 4
    • WW: May 27, 2014[7]
    • NA: May 27, 2014 (PS3)[7]
    • WW: May 28, 2014 (X360)[7]
    • WW: May 29, 2014 (IOS)[7]
    • EU: June 4, 2014 (PS3)[7]
Episode 5
    • WW: July 8, 2014[8]
    • NA: July 8, 2014 (PS3)[8]
    • EU: July 9, 2014 (PS3)[8]
    • WW: July 9, 2014 (X360)[8]
    • WW: July 10, 2014 (iOS)[8]
Retail version
    • NA: November 4, 2014
    • EU: November 7, 2014
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Interactive film
Mode(s)Single-player

The Wolf Among Us is an episodic graphic mystery adventure game developed by Telltale Games, based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series, to which it serves as a prequel. The game consists of five episodes that were released throughout 2013 and 2014.[9] Retail versions for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles were made available in November 2014.[10] In the game, the player controls Bigby Wolf, the sheriff of Fabletown – a clandestine community within 1980s New York City consisting of various fantastical characters from fairy tales and folklore – and must investigate a series of mysterious murders, the first ones to occur in Fabletown in a long time.

The Wolf Among Us has been generally well received by critics and garnered a cult following.[11] In July 2017, Telltale announced that a second season of The Wolf Among Us was scheduled for release in 2018, but Telltale eventually had to shut down for financial reasons in 2018, with its assets being acquired by LCG Entertainment. One of the first original games from this new company, doing business as Telltale Games, will be a sequel to The Wolf Among Us, titled The Wolf Among Us 2, which was announced in December 2019[11] and is set to be released in 2024.[9]

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  10. ^ Telltale [@telltalegames] (2014-11-04). "Critically-acclaimed #TheWolfAmongUs is now available on @Xbox One and @PlayStation 4, via download and at retail!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05 – via Twitter.
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