LOS ANGELES (AP):

Telltale Games is going back in time for a new series of video games.

The developer is creating episo-dic titles based on the 'Back to the Future' and 'Jurassic Park' franchises.

The popular Universal Studios film trilogies spawned several games in their heyday in the 1980s and '90s but have been absent from the interactive realm. The as-yet-untitled Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC and Mac games are set to be released this winter.

Telltale Games previously created episodic games based on Aardman Animations' Oscar-winning animated film series Wallace and Gromit, Steve Purcell's comic series Sam and Max and Matt Chapman's online cartoon Home-star Runner. The San Rafael, a California-based developer, approached Universal Studios when looking for inspiration for their next game series.

New stories

The games, which are in the early stages of development, would tell new stories extending the 'Back to the Future' and 'Jurassic Park' lore.

The 'Back to the Future' games may include a DeLorean ride back to the 1970s while the 'Jurassic Park' games would be intense and add new backstories to the series' man-versus-dinosaur mythology.