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'

Robert, the protagonist of Dispatch, looks over his shoulder while in conversation with a superheroine.

Dispatch is a game I'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's also got a fun management sim tucked inside, which is a nice twist on the usual Telltale gambit of 'this is basically a choose-your-own-adventure book with quicktime events'. Speaking to PCG's Ian Evenden for our upcoming issue 415, however, creative director Dennis Lenart says it was originally designed to be a live-action series.