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Lionsgate To Invest In Telltale Games, Make Games Based On TV And TV Based On Games

Bleeding Cool named Telltale Games the best games developer of 2014. We weren't the only ones who were impressed.

Today, TV/movie studios Lionsgate announced that they have made a significant investment in Telltale Games with Lionsgate Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer joining the Telltale board of directors.

They intend to look at the possibility of co-developing both existing brands and new ideas into TV series and games series. Teltale's model of episodic strong-narrative games such as The Walking Dead and Game Of Thrones may seem them do similar with Lionsgate properties.

And to make TV shows based on their games as well. Here's their PR commentary…

"Telltale is one of the premier storytellers in the gaming world today," said Lionsgate Chief Executive OfficerJon Feltheimer. "Their leadership in narrative-driven episodic games, together with our investment and the potential opportunities created by our premium content expertise, will continue to strengthen their ability to offer exciting new avenues of storytelling to their next generation audiences across a broad range of platforms."

"Lionsgate is one of the most innovative, entrepreneurial and impressive content companies in the world today.  I'm delighted to welcome an experienced executive like Jon, a leader who shares our unique vision, to our Board," said Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner. "Lionsgate has a great track record in developing and marketing feature films as well as platform-defining premium scripted television. This partnership will accelerate Telltale's ability to create not only original games, but episodic television series based on our game properties – an area at the cutting edge of industry growth."

"Our partnership with Kevin Bruner and his team at Telltale continues to accelerate our momentum in the game space," said Lionsgate President of Interactive Ventures & Games Peter Levin.  "The convergence between premium filmed entertainment brands and original game properties is a natural direction in which to continue diversifying our content business, and Telltale is the perfect partner with whom to explore this dynamic area of growth."

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