<P> The Wolf Among Us is an episodic interactive fantasy mystery graphic adventure video game based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series . It is developed by Telltale Games . It is canon with the comic book universe and is set as a prequel to the comic book . The game consists of five episodes, with the first episode being released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 worldwide on October 11, 2013, for OS X worldwide on October 14, 2013, for PlayStation 3 on October 15, 2013, in North America and on October 16, 2013, in Europe and Australia, for iOS worldwide on December 4, 2013, and PlayStation Vita before the end of 2014 . Retail versions for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles were released in November 2014 . </P> <P> Since its release, the game has been generally well received by critics and garnered a considerable cult following . In July 2017, Telltale announced that season 2 of The Wolf Among Us would be coming in 2018 . However by May 2018, Telltale announced that due to recent internal studio issues, they had to push back the release of the sequel until 2019 . </P> <P> The Wolf Among Us is a graphic adventure game, played from a third - person perspective . The player controls protagonist Bigby Wolf, who must investigate the murder of a woman . Throughout the game, the player will explore various three - dimensional environments, such as apartment buildings and a bar . When exploring an environment, the player may find an object they can interact with; when this occurs, they must move a cursor over the object to select and examine it . Items of interest are stored in an inventory, and can be used later in the story . The player may also talk with non-player characters, and the conversations presented in the form of dialogue trees . The dialogue options chosen during conversations will either have a positive or negative affect on how other characters view Bigby, and their perceptions will influence future events in the story . Some scenes are more action - oriented, forcing the player to respond to a series of quick time event (QTE) prompts . The player is not required to complete every QTE prompt, and skipping certain prompts may affect future events in the story . </P> <P> The Wolf Among Us is set in the year 1986, nearly twenty years before the events of Fables . For years, many of the magical lands described in myth, legend, and folklore (known as The Homelands) have been occupied by an enigmatic tyrant known as the Adversary . To escape the Adversary's totalitarian regime, many of The Homelands inhabitants fled to colonial America, and created an enclave known as Fabletown, now located in modern - day Manhattan . To mask their presence from the native humans, all non-human fables have to purchase an enchantment known as a "glamour" which allows them to appear human, or be relocated to a rural community known as "The Farm". </P>

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