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Telltale Games is bringing Tales of Monkey Island, Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, and nearly all of its other titles to the Mac. For a single price, gamers will be able to download both Mac and PC versions through the Telltale site.
The company confirmed plans to demonstrate titles at the San Francisco Macworld Expo beginning on February 11. Tales of Monkey Island will be released first, with the company planning on a February 8 release. Telltale will then follow with two seasons of Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, and Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.
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Telltale declined to officially explain the timing for most of the games, but a source within the company said that they would follow the previously mentioned order; Tales of Monkey Island will launch first, Sam & Max will launch in several weeks, and the others will be out in the next few months. Other than Bone and Texas Hold 'Em, the source confirmed that Telltale plans to port its entire catalog to OS X.
PC, Xbox 360, and Wii gamers have enjoyed these titles over the past several years. Telltale treats the games like a television season, releasing individual episodes on a regular schedule for a lower cost than a typical, full game. And adventure fans will recognize the Monkey Island and Sam & Max franchises; Telltale has relaunched those classics with the help of some of the original developers.
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Telltale's different titles use essentially the same game engine, helping make the Mac transition possible in a single swoop. Since Mac OS X and the iPhone/iPad are close cousins; Mac OS X developers can move products to those portable devices without starting from scratch.
Now that Telltale's games will run on OS X, will they migrate to the relatively similar iPhone and iPad OS platform? The company source was coy and didn't confirm any specific plans, however he noted that Telltale wants to release its games for every platform possible. While an iPhone/iPad release is unconfirmed, we think it's likely, eventually.
