Telltale announces Great Cow Race game

Telltale Games, makers of the first Bone video game, Out from Boneville, are set to release the next chapter in the Bone saga this April:

The Great Cow Race is the continuation of a new breed of episodic interactive entertainment that Telltale began last fall. The company released Bone: Out from Boneville as the first episode in this series to wide acclaim in September. Hailed by reviewers and educators alike as engaging for all ages, the Bone books on which these games are based have become the anchor for a line of graphic novels from Scholastic’s new Graphix imprint. In an un-paralleled feat in the games industry, Telltale is distributing this follow-up to its first title in the series within a six month period, in order to match Scholastic's book publishing schedule.

In a review of the first Bone episode, PC Gameworld writes "The best things about Out From Boneville are the excellent comic-style graphics and general tone. The characters are smoothly animated and the well-synched voiceovers allow their personalities to truly shine through." GamesRadar adds "Stay home from a movie and play this instead."

Also, MTV.com has an article up on "episodic gaming" that talks about Bone:

While game makers have spoken theoretically about episodic gaming for years, at least one genuine precedent occurred in September when Telltale Games released the first episode of "Bone," a game based on the comic book series of the same name. Telltale turned the comic into a point-and-click PC adventure, telling the story as a series of puzzle- and dialogue-driven set pieces, with some primitive arcade games thrown in for good measure. The game received mixed reviews but enough attention to net a half-million trial downloads, according to Telltale CEO Dan Connors. It also exposed one weakness of the new approach: Skilled gamers could all too quickly conquer what was already designed to be short experience.

Scholastic's color version of Great Cow Race is available now. Check out http://cowrace.telltalegames.com for concept art and more information on the game.

Has anyone played the first game?