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Last week, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first Wallace and Gromit cartoon, developer Telltale Games announced that their four episode adventure game series Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures would have a temporary price cut from $34.95 to just 20 bucks.

Welll if you missed out on the sale, don't fret because as it turns out you haven't missed a thing. Telltale has announced that the $20 sale on the Wallace and Gromit game series has in fact been extended. There's no word yet on how long this sale extension will last but if we were you (and trust us, that's a scary concept) we would act quickly before Telltale decides to pull the plug.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of A Grand Day Out!, the very first animated short subject starring Wallace and Gromit. To celebrate the folks at Telltale Games have decided to offer one of the four chapters in their recent episodic adventure game series Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures for free download. The chapter, Muzzled, will be free to download until 3 pm ET on Monday.

Also the entire four episode "season" of the series has been discounted to just $20 for the duration as well and part of the proceeds will go to either the UK-based with Wallace & Gromit Children's Foundation or the US-based Penny Arcade's Child's Play. Pre-orders for the DVD collector's version of the game series, with lots of extras, are being taken now and will ship out in December.
Download the Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Demo (138 MB)

Telltale Games completed the four chapter adventure game Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures earlier this year and next month Telltale will collect the episodic series into a Collector's DVD with lots of extra features. One of those extra features will let people help two children's charities.

Telltale announced today that from November 4-8 part of the proceeds from the collector's DVD will go to either the Wallace & Gromit Children's Foundation in the UK or the Child's Play charity in the US. The $34.95 DVD will include image galleries, a behind-the-scenes video and the Cracking Contraption animated shorts that show off Wallace's crazy inventions. Telltale also states to look for more Wallace and Gromit news on November 3.

Since its formation Telltale Games has mostly worked in the downloadable humorous episodic game genre with two seasons of Sam and Max, Wallace and Gromit, Tales of Monkey Island and others. They have also done a few CSI-based adventure games for Ubisoft. Now it looks like Telltale may be expanding their reach to include other types of games.

In a chat with VG247.com, Telltale CEO Dan Connors says to expect new game announcements from the developer "around October". While it sounds like some of the game announcements will be sequels to previous Telltale game titles, Conners adds, " . . . we'll be announcing some new franchises, probably in some new genres as well, not just comedy." We hope to get more info fron Conners when we attend PAX 2009 this weekend.

It looks like we can add one more major PC game release this week as Telltale Games has revealed they plan to launch the fourth and final chapter in their episodic adventure game series Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures on Wednesday. The final episode, titled The Bogey Man, centers around golf . . .kind of.

Telltale says that the story has Wallace being invited to join a fancy country club. However it looks like hitting the links is not all Wallace has to deal with. Telltale says both Wallace and Gromit "unwittingly wind up in the middle of an ancient dispute threatening to tear the town apart!." That always ruins our golf game.

This trailer introduces Monty Muzzle, a brand new character debuting in the latest episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures - Muzzled! Muzzled is available now for purchase through the TellTale website so get to it... a badger's dinner is at stake! The Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures demo can be downloaded here.

"Monty Muzzle, a newcomer in town, is holding a grand fundraiser to rebuild the local dog shelter. Gromit soon realizes that Muzzle's intentions aren't exactly charitable and he must foil the huckster's plot to save the town's investment and rescue his canine friends."

Download HD Wallace & Gromit Episode 3: Muzzled! Trailer (44 MB)
Download Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Demo (138 MB)
Check out all Wallace & Gromit Grand Adventures downloads

Telltale Games continues to release new episodes in their Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures downloadable series and today they have sent out word that the third episode in the four part series featuring the world's goofiest inventor and his very smart dog is now available for purchase and download from their site.

This episode is titled Muzzled and has Wallace and Gromit trying to foil the plans of a con man (named, natch, Monty Muzzle) who is trying to get money under the guise of a fundraiser for the town dog shelter. You can purchase and download the episode for $8.95. You can also still buy the entire four episode "season" for $34.95.

Download the Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures demo at Big Download

As we mentioned earlier today, Telltale Games turns five years old this week and the game development studio made up of former LucasArts adventure game developers has been highly successful with its series of downloadable episodic adventure games. It's released two "seasons" of Sam and Max, plus a season of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. Right now they are in the middle of its Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures series. Telltale states they have sold over one million PC game episodes since their launch.

While Telltale is running a new promotion designed to get new people to try out their games, they also revealed that a new game announcement will be made at this year's E3 event. There's no word yet on if the game will be a return to a past series or an all new game.

This trailer provides first looks at some of the gameplay adventure fans can expect from Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 2: The Last Resort. The game is available now through the TellTale Games official website and online retailers like Steam. Players can get a general sense of how the the game will play by downloading the Grand Adventures demo here.

"When unrelenting rain ruins their holiday plans, Wallace & Gromit bring the beach to 62 West Wallaby with a makeshift resort - in their basement. Keeping customers satisfied is tricky business, especially when one of them is clocked on the head by an unknown assailant. Whodunnit? Find out... with a little help from Wallace's latest invention, the Deduct-o-matic!"

Download HD Wallace & Gromit Episode 2: The Last Resort Trailer (166 MB)
Download the Wallace & Gromit Grand Adventures Demo (138 MB)
Check out all Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures downloads

Telltale Games is perhaps the best known game developer that specializes in episodic games and today the developer has released the second chapter in their latest such game series Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures. The second episode, titled The Last Resort, is now available for purchase and download for $8.95

This second chapter, involving a makeshift basement beach resort, an assault on the head and something called the Deductomatic, will be followed up by two more episodes in June and July, respectively. Telltale will then offer all four episodes, plus extra content, on a disk for sale later in the year. In the meantime you can check out a demo from the first episode right here at Big Download.