This game just won’t be released because its development has been so chaotic.

The Wolf Among Us 2 is essentially a new level of development hell. Nearly a decade has passed since its unveiling, and much has happened during that time. According to a recent rumor, the game’s development has restarted for at least the second time and is being developed in collaboration with an unnamed Argentine studio. Rumor has it that the game will be ready by 2027 and that we may even get a remastered version of The Wolf Among Us to go with it.

Development of The Wolf Among Us 2 began in 2017 but was put on hold in 2018 when Telltale Games closed down. Telltale Games was revived in 2019, and the game’s development officially resumed before the end of the year. However, the studio clarified that they would not be picking up where they left off but rather starting from scratch. Originally scheduled for release in 2023, the game was delayed again when the studio switched to Unreal Engine 5. In 2024, Telltale released some screenshots and refuted rumors of the game’s cancellation. They confirmed that they were still working on it and would provide an update at the appropriate time. The last news about the game came from former Telltale team members who founded AdHoc Studio, the team behind last year’s popular Dispatch.

According to Nick Herman, a former Telltale writer and AdHoc co-founder, shortly after AdHoc‘s founding, he and the team agreed to work on The Wolf Among Us 2 alongside Telltale. Herman confirmed that during this period, the AdHoc team wrote the second season of The Wolf Among Us, which they considered to be superior to the first season. However, AdHoc essentially stopped working on The Wolf Among Us 2 because Telltale was in charge of the project. While Telltale needed more time, AdHoc could not afford to do nothing. Herman added that they don’t know how much of their script will remain in the final version of the game. However, they believe that if they were to realize their vision, people would love it.

This brings us to a new rumor from the Spanish outlet PressOver. According to their sources, the game is being developed in collaboration with an Argentine studio, which they did not name to protect their sources’ anonymity. In addition to the sequel coming out next year, a remastered or enhanced version of the first game may be released before the sequel. One possible explanation for why development has taken so long is that the game has been rebooted again.

If PressOver‘s rumor is accurate, we’ll know the release date for The Wolf Among Us 2 before the end of 2026.

Source: WCCFTech, PressOver