Telltale Games has announced a new CEO. The current co-founder, president and CTO Kevin Bruner will be assuming the CEO position while current CEO Dan Connors will be stepping down. Dan will remain at the company’s board of directors and will serve under the title ‘executive advisor’.
“2014 marked our tenth consecutive year of continued growth since co-founding Telltale with Kevin Bruner in 2004. In that time, we’ve been incredibly proud to have accomplished so much with some of the most talented people in entertainment,” said Dan in a statement. “2015 is the first of the next ten years for an ever-evolving Telltale. As we enter this new phase, and as Kevin transitions to my former role of CEO, I will remain with the company and on the board in an advisory role that will help ensure Telltale’s vision of continuing to break new ground as leading storytellers in the entertainment space.”
“Each year since Telltale’s 2004 birth has been more exciting than the last, and 2015 will be no exception,” said Kevin. “We’re thrilled to continue our growth and bring our unique style of scripted entertainment to the next generation of digital media, and do that across thousands of different devices. Our top priority is to continue fostering an environment where the most talented and creative storytellers in the industry are working side by side with the world’s biggest creative partners.”
Telltale Games, famous for its episodic adventures based on popular franchises (The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Borderlands, The Wolf Among Us and recently announced Minecraft universe) is working on original IPs which will be announced soon.
“We can be experimental; we can try new things. We get to work with the best in the business,” said Kevin. “I don’t think you rest on your laurels when you’ve got that. Who knows what we might be able to do next with it? What we don’t want to do is rinse and repeat what got us here. We want to take advantage of the structure that we’ve built and keep building interesting things with it.”
“Our top priority is to continue fostering an environment where the most talented and creative storytellers in the industry are working side by side with the world’s biggest creative partners. We’re already working on some of the biggest franchises in entertainment, and when you add our unannounced partnerships and upcoming original IP, it’s clear the most exciting time to be at Telltale is now, and there will continue to be more and more opportunity to innovate ahead of us,” Kevin concluded.