Pour one out for Poker Night 2, folks. Telltale’s crossover poker sequel featuring characters from the likes of The Evil Dead, Venture Brothers, and Borderlands (as you can see in the screenshot above) has gone to that big ol’ digital marketplace in the sky. While you can, of course, still download the game if you already own it, Poker Night 2 has been delisted from every platform it was available on, which was several.
Telltale itself issued a statement on the matter, confirming that Poker Night 2 is indeed gone, and possibly forever. In the support update, Telltale confirmed that Poker Night 2 is gone due to the company’s digital distribution agreement finally expiring. The statement also says that there are “no plans” to get that agreement removed. While “no plans” is never a statement that you should treat as the law of the land until the end of time, Poker Night‘s relative obscurity isn’t doing it any favors.
Released in 2013, Poker Night 2 was a surprise sequel to Poker Night at the Inventory, a game that was similarly full of crossover characters but never left PC. Notably, the first game, which is much less ambitious in terms of licensing, is still available for purchase.
[Source: Telltale Games]
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What's Telltale's Best Game?
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Anthony Nash
There’s a ton of great choices, but mine has to easily be The Wolf Among Us as well. Not only did it present a fairly “adult” theme using fairy tales and fables extremely well, but captured the feel of a noire detective story better than any other game in recent memory. -
Blake Grundman
As much as I loved The Wolf Among Us, my favorite has to be season 1 of The Walking Dead. It was the first time I can remember being emotionally overtaken by a game. Episode 3 should have been named “Get Ready To Cry,” because when I had to chose between killing [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], it left me bawling at my keyboard like a little baby.
Naturally, that is when my wife walks in the room. Yeah, that took some serious explaining -
Cameron Teague
Tie between original The Walking Dead and Batman for me. -
Chandler Wood
I'm pretty partial to The Wolf Among Us, simply for the property that's behind it. I've been less and less impressed with Telltale lately though, missing the days of Telltale classics like Sam and Max, Tales of Monkey Island, and Poker Night at the Inventory. The Telltale formula has been getting stale and is in serious need of a rework. I'd rather them not eschew classic puzzle mechanics of old for storytelling (often contrived to fit no matter which "path" you choose). -
Elizabeth Henges
Tales from the Borderlands, hands down. I've never been a fan of the series before the Telltale series, but I really like the characterization and plot that Tales from the Borderlands had. -
Keri Honea
It's definitely The Wolf Among Us. I loved the murder mystery setting, and it's the only Telltale series I wanted to play more than once. I have Tales from the Borderlands, but I've been told not to play it until I've played Borderlands 2, which I haven't done yet.
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Michael Briers
The Walking Dead, though I've always been curious to try Telltale's spin on the Borderlands series. It's certainly resonated with a lot of our staffers, anyway! -
Paulmichael Contreras
Of recent games I only ever played through The Walking Dead, so that defaults to my favorite. Sam & Max was also great, though (remember that?).
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Tyler Treese
This is a tough one, as there are a few of the series that I really adore. The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands (which is surprising since I did not enjoy the stories in the actual shooters), and Guardians of the Galaxy are all great. I probably have to lean towards The Wolf Among Us, though. I absolutely love the core concept of fables existing in a modern setting, and it has the bonus of being set before the comics (which got really weird and went in a direction that I didn't care for). -
Zarmena Khan
I admittedly haven't played a lot of Telltale games but from among the ones I have played, Tales from the Borderlands easily comes out on top. I never got into the Borderlands series but Tales actually made me care about the characters. I truly enjoyed each episode and hope to see more!
