Back in August we were given our first look at a new The Walking Dead — this time from Overkill Software and Skybound Interactive — which promised to be the opposite of Activision’s embarrassing Survival Instinct game.
Overkill’s take of the increasingly popular zombie franchise has more potential than Survival Instinct ever did, but it’d sure be nice to know something about it, aside from its nebulous 2016 release window. Enter series creator Robert Kirkman.
“I can say that it will be Payday-esque because [Starbreeze and Overkill] are currently doing Payday,” Kirkman told Polygon. “But I’m told it will be in a bigger world than Payday currently encompasses. They are going to be learning a lot of stuff from Payday that they will be incorporating into The Walking Dead game.”
This Walking Dead won’t be the same kind of generic experience we usually get from licensed games. Overkill and Skybound are looking to create a unique and engrossing storyline within the Walking Dead universe that follows brand new characters.
“So instead of like it being a derivative experience, where you kind of enjoyed a movie so you’re playing a game and it’s not as good as the movie and there is some lame things about it, we’re doing a thing that is its own experience that stands on its own as a cool game, rather than a licensing barnacle to this popular movie,” Kirkman added.
Kirkman also confirmed that, like the Payday series, this game will be “online and interactive.”
Here’s the game’s announcement trailer, if you missed it the first time around. It’s beak as hell, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from something that’s a part of The Walking Dead.
