It's been over 10 years since the release of The Wolf Among Us and nearly seven since Telltale Games announced plans for a second season of the episodic graphic adventure game. While the game has seemingly been stuck in development hell, Telltale Games assures it is still working on the game.
In an IGN article reporting on the internal struggles of Deck Nine -- the studio previously working on a pre-production script for The Wolf Among Us Season 2 -- there's a comment from Telltale Games about the game's status.
The Wolf Among Us 2 "remains in production internally at Telltale," the studio stated. "We value our relationship with Deck Nine and continue to explore ways we can work together."
The Wolf Among Us was an episode graphic adventure game based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series. Telltale's game served as a prequel to the comic book series and was released in episodic format throughout 2013 and 2014. The game was generally well-received by critics and fans, and in July 2017, Telltale announced that a second season would be released in 2018.
These plans were derailed, however, when Telltale announced in 2018 a "majority studio closure." 90% of the workforce were laid off and just a skeleton crew remained to complete work on Minecraft: Story Mode. The Wolf Among Us Season 2 was one of the projects canceled following the studio's closure.
LCG Entertainment acquired many of Telltale's intellectual property rights during the asset sell-off -- including branding, games, and game licenses. In August 2019, LCG Entertainment revived Telltale Games and at The Game Awards that same year, announced that The Wolf Among Us 2 was back on.
The second season was supposed to be released in 2023 Telltale announced in March of that year that it would be delayed to 2024. This was to due to the studio switching from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5. Telltale underwent additional layoffs in September 2023 due to "market conditions," but claimed that work on The Wolf Among Us Season 2 was still ongoing.
We haven't really heard anything about the game since then until this recent statement provided to IGN. At this point, we still don't know if The Wolf Among Us Season 2 will be released this year, but at least there is confirmation that the game is still being worked on.
With Summer Game Fest happening in June, it's possible we could get an update then.