{"id":1349511,"date":"2025-10-07T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BkrtriBh3a5MFg6vXkmQGn"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:26:03","slug":"telltale-esque-superhero-management-sim-dispatch-was-originally-going-to-be-a-live-action-tv-show-before-it-became-a-videogame-but-then-a-thing-called-covid-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/telltale-esque-superhero-management-sim-dispatch-was-originally-going-to-be-a-live-action-tv-show-before-it-became-a-videogame-but-then-a-thing-called-covid-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Telltale-esque superhero management sim Dispatch was originally going to be a live-action TV show before it became a videogame, but then &#8216;a thing called Covid hit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Dispatch is a game <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/dispatch-is-the-first-telltale-style-game-ive-played-thats-delivering-on-the-promise-of-playing-a-tv-show-and-its-even-got-a-compelling-management-sim-tucked-inside-too\/\">I&#8217;m genuinely quite excited for<\/a>. Made by AdHoc studios, which contains quite a few former Telltale employees, Dispatch is a gorgeously-animated comedy about a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/laura-bailey-aaron-paul-and-more-are-starring-in-a-telltale-like-game-about-911-dispatchers-for-superheroes\/\">washed-up Superhero managing a telephone dispatch<\/a> for a bunch of reformed crooks and losers.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from having a solid setup, it&#8217;s also got a fun management sim tucked inside, which is a nice twist on the usual Telltale gambit of &#8216;this is basically a choose-your-own-adventure book with quicktime events&#8217;. Speaking to PCG&#8217;s Ian Evenden for our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer-magazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming issue 415<\/a>, however, creative director Dennis Lenart says it was originally designed to be a live-action series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We originally started in 2018,&#8221; says Lenart. &#8220;It was going to be a potential live-action interactive TV show. And we spent a bunch of time on that, you know, wrote a season\u2019s worth of content, and a thing called Covid hit. Hollywood shut down, everything changed, the tech partner we were working with pivoted their business, and we kind of put it on the shelf for a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unless you were born in 2021 (in which case, where are your parents and why are you reading our website?), you&#8217;ll probably remember the absolute chaos that tore through basically every industry during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Borderlands movie&#8217;s terrible storyline, which was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/eli-roth-on-why-the-borderlands-movie-sucked-you-cant-prep-a-movie-on-that-scale-over-zoom\/\">apparently built on Zoom<\/a>\u2014and its starring of the Academy Award-winning Cate Blanchett, who cites her role in the whole mess as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/academy-award-winner-cate-blanchett-explains-why-she-signed-up-for-the-borderlands-film-a-touch-of-covid-madness\/\">&#8220;a touch of the Covid madness.&#8221;<\/a> Point being, it was a weird time for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>The pivot to being a videogame didn&#8217;t stop the studio taking inspiration from prestige TV, though: &#8220;Then when we came back to it, looked at what was there, and thought: &#8216;There\u2019s a lot of great elements, but what about expanding here and here and changing this character?&#8217; We started getting more into Barry at the time, so there\u2019s a lot of that influence seeping in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lenart also states that The Bear\u2014not exactly a comedy, but it certainly has its own comedic moments\u2014factored into the direction for the script. Dispatch is due to release October 22, but if you&#8217;d like to read our full preview, you can check out <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer-magazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">PC Gamer issue 415<\/a> starting October 9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"8d5487b9-33c5-4ede-ace0-07d045f0467b\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best cozy games\" data-dimension48=\"Best cozy games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:685px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2btpGUUeNoUT67HBRbro3G\" name=\"metaphor-refantazio\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/telltale-esque-superhero-management-sim-dispatch-was-originally-going-to-be-a-live-action-tv-show-before-it-became-a-videogame-but-then-a-thing-called-covid-hit.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"685\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cozy-games-on-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"8d5487b9-33c5-4ede-ace0-07d045f0467b\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best cozy games\" data-dimension48=\"Best cozy games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best cozy games<\/strong><\/a>: Relaxed gaming<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-anime-games-on-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best anime games<\/strong><\/a>: Animation-inspired<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-jrpgs-on-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best JRPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Classics and beyond<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cyberpunk-games-on-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best cyberpunk games<\/strong><\/a>: Techno futures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/best-gacha-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gacha games<\/strong><\/a>: Freemium fanatics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/telltale-esque-superhero-management-sim-dispatch-was-originally-going-to-be-a-live-action-tv-show-before-it-became-a-videogame-but-then-a-thing-called-covid-hit\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dispatch is a game I&#8217;m genuinely quite excited for. Made by AdHoc studios, which contains quite a few former Telltale employees, Dispatch is a gorgeously-animated comedy about a washed-up Superhero managing a telephone dispatch for a bunch of reformed crooks and losers. Aside from having a solid setup, it&#8217;s also got a fun management sim tucked inside, which is a nice twist on the usual Telltale gambit of &#8216;this is basically a choose-your-own-adventure book with quicktime events&#8217;. Speaking to PCG&#8217;s Ian Evenden for our upcoming issue 415, however, creative director Dennis Lenart says it was originally designed to be a live-action series. &#8220;We originally started in 2018,&#8221; says Lenart. &#8220;It was going to be a potential live-action interactive TV show. And we spent a bunch&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/telltale-esque-superhero-management-sim-dispatch-was-originally-going-to-be-a-live-action-tv-show-before-it-became-a-videogame-but-then-a-thing-called-covid-hit\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1349512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[130,748],"class_list":["post-1349511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-adventure","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Telltale-esque superhero management sim Dispatch was originally going to be a live-action TV show before it became a videogame, but then &#039;a thing called Covid hit&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dispatch is a game I&#039;m genuinely quite excited for. 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