Skybound made the acquisition official on Twitter.

We’re SO happy to announce that we’ve reached a deal with @telltalegames that will allow Skybound to continue #TheWalkingDead: The Final Season! Let’s wrap up Clem’s story right! More details to come soon. pic.twitter.com/ShyREw65iq — Skybound Games (@skyboundgames) October 7, 2018

Skybound taking over the game confirms a previous report from Kotaku suggested that Telltale was asking for another company to not only take over The Walking Dead franchise in order to finish the last two episodes of the series’ final season, but that they were asking anyone who is interested in this deal to hire former Telltale employees to finish the game. That approach was somewhat noble, but also complicated by the fact that many of those same employees are currently actively seeking work and can’t afford to wait and see how this deal plays out. Now hopefully they won’t have to.

The first two episodes of Telltale’s The Walking Dead‘s final season have been released and it sounds like the third episode is nearly finished. It’s unclear if Skybound’s acquisition will mean that the next two episodes will keep their release dates. Episode 3, “Broken Toys,” was set to debut on November 6 with episode 4, “Take Us Back,” arriving on December 18.

Perhaps the next step is to get the season back in stores. The Walking Dead‘s final season has been removed from Xbox and PlayStations respective marketplaces as well as Steam and GOG. At the moment, it seems that you are still able to purchase a season pass for the series via the Nintendo Switch’s store. A note left from Telltale on the game’s GOG page says that they have “requested a temporary pause of sales of The Walking Dead – Final Season.” That pause is sure to be lifted soon.

Just two days ago, Telltale has released an official statement regarding the future of The Walking Dead franchise.