{"id":1974746,"date":"2026-06-05T23:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974746"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:25:01","slug":"the-wolf-among-us-2-finally-arrives-next-year-a-decade-after-it-was-announced-but-a-remaster-of-the-acclaimed-original-is-coming-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974746","title":{"rendered":"The Wolf Among Us 2 finally arrives next year, a decade after it was announced, but a remaster of the acclaimed original is coming first"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Wolf Among Us 2 finally arrives next year, a decade after it was announced, but a remaster of the acclaimed original is coming first<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Bigby news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/wolf-among-us-2-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Wolf Among Us 2 screenshot showing protagonist Bigby Wolf lighting a cigarette.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"wolf-among-us-2-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Telltale Games<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-05T23:25:01+00:00\">June 5, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"bc4b4d62-8dc4-43cd-9371-71668fd419c4\" data-name=\"The Wolf Among Us\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Wolf Among Us\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Wolf Among Us\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Wolf Among Us\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Wolf Among Us\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Wolf Among Us\" title=\"Follow The Wolf Among Us\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Wolf Among Us<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s finally happening, apparently. After a protracted and extremely tumultusous decade of development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-wolf-among-us-2\">The Wolf Among Us 2<\/a> is supposedly now launching next year. And there&#8217;s a remaster of the much-loved original on the way to tide us over until then.<\/p>\n<p>First announced in 2017, The Wolf Among Us 2 &#8211; the sequel to developer Telltale&#8217;s 2013 video game adaptation of Bill Willingham&#8217;s Fables comics &#8211; has been on and off again throughout the last ten years. All seemed lost when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-walking-dead-developer-telltale-games-reportedly-lays-off-the-majority-of-its-staff\">Telltale closed its doors in 2018<\/a>, but it was somewhat miraculously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/telltales-the-wolf-among-us-2-just-got-re-announced\">resurrected in 2019<\/a> &#8211; only to disappear again in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That most recent version was being co-developed by AdHoc Studio &#8211; co-founded by the original Wolf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/among-us\">Among Us<\/a> team and now best known as the studio behind last year&#8217;s stellar Dispatch &#8211; but last September it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/even-the-studio-that-wrote-the-wolf-among-us-2-doesnt-know-whats-going-on-with-it\">told Eurogamer it had been off the project for a while<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolf Among Us 2&#8217;s Summer Game Fest showing credits Telltale (which was resurrected some years ago now) and publisher PM Studios, with the game now targeting a 2027 release. Before all that, though, there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-wolf-among-us\">The Wolf Among Us<\/a> Remastered, a revamp of the beloved original game, which is set to launch this &#8220;holiday&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go &#8211; some more good news in what&#8217;s been an action-packed Summer Game Fest showcase this year. For more on all the big reveals we&#8217;ve seen so far, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-in-summer-game-fest-2026\">consult Eurogamer&#8217;s handy round-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s finally happening, apparently. After a protracted and extremely tumultusous decade of development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-wolf-among-us-2\">The Wolf Among Us 2<\/a> is supposedly now launching next year. And there&#8217;s a remaster of the much-loved original on the way to tide us over until then.<\/p>\n<p>First announced in 2017, The Wolf Among Us 2 &#8211; the sequel to developer Telltale&#8217;s 2013 video game adaptation of Bill Willingham&#8217;s Fables comics &#8211; has been on and off again throughout the last ten years. All seemed lost when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-walking-dead-developer-telltale-games-reportedly-lays-off-the-majority-of-its-staff\">Telltale closed its doors in 2018<\/a>, but it was somewhat miraculously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/telltales-the-wolf-among-us-2-just-got-re-announced\">resurrected in 2019<\/a> &#8211; only to disappear again in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That most recent version was being co-developed by AdHoc Studio &#8211; co-founded by the original Wolf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/among-us\">Among Us<\/a> team and now best known as the studio behind last year&#8217;s stellar Dispatch &#8211; but last September it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/even-the-studio-that-wrote-the-wolf-among-us-2-doesnt-know-whats-going-on-with-it\">told Eurogamer it had been off the project for a while<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolf Among Us 2&#8217;s Summer Game Fest showing credits Telltale (which was resurrected some years ago now) and publisher PM Studios, with the game now targeting a 2027 release. Before all that, though, there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-wolf-among-us\">The Wolf Among Us<\/a> Remastered, a revamp of the beloved original game, which is set to launch this &#8220;holiday&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go &#8211; some more good news in what&#8217;s been an action-packed Summer Game Fest showcase this year. For more on all the big reveals we&#8217;ve seen so far, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-in-summer-game-fest-2026\">consult Eurogamer&#8217;s handy round-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Wolf Among Us 2 finally arrives next year, a decade after it was announced, but a remaster of the acclaimed original is coming first Bigby news. Image credit: Telltale Games News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on June 5, 2026 Follow The Wolf Among Us It&#8217;s finally happening, apparently. 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