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Telltale confirms Tales from the Borderlands, Game of Thrones IPs

Telltale Games, the developers behind episodic point-and-click franchises The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, is teaming up with Gearbox Software to release Tales from the Borderlands, as announced during The VGX 2013 (yesterday).

Tales from the Borderlands will feature new and old characters from the Borderlands world in an episodic, story-driven game. According to Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford, the game "will play like a Telltale game." The first episode will launch in 2014. Watch the game’s trailer below. 

In October, Telltale revealed on Reddit that it was currently working on a "dream IP." At the time, the developer teased the possibility of a Star Wars-based game. Reports from last month also suggested that the developer could be working on a Game of Thrones-related title (now confirmed, see below).

Last week, Telltale announced that the second episode in The Wolf Among Us would feature Jack from fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk. A recent listing on Steam for the second season of its award winning zombie-centric series, The Walking Dead, suggests that the next season will begin on Dec. 17.

Telltale Games is (also) working on a Game of Thrones game for 2014 based on the HBO television series inspired by George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels, the studio announced today during VGX 2013.

The news confirms a report from IGN last month. Telltale did not specify any platforms for the game.

"We’ll be taking advantage of all the fiction to make something great," said Dan Connors, CEO of Telltale Games, during an interview following the premiere of the announcement trailer. "We’re just really getting into it right now and thinking about characters — who has the most at stake, who has the biggest impact on the world."

You can watch the Game of Thrones teaser trailer below.