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Overkill’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Delayed to 2017
Starbreeze has quietly moved the release window for Overkill Software’s The Walking Dead game into late 2017. Their new partnership with Korean publisher Smilegate is the reason for the delay, as the company recently purchased a $40 million stake in Starbreeze in order to expand the scope of The Walking Dead “with more content”, as well as get a version of the game into asian markets.
I appreciate their wanting to keep this game from flopping as hard as Survival Instinct did in 2013. It’s clear that Overkill’s game is being positioned as the “official” Walking Dead game.
Even series creator Robert Kirkman has touted it as such, saying “from day one on this project it’s been clear to me that this is the Walking Dead co-op action game fans have been waiting for. I can’t wait for people to learn just what OVERKILL has been cooking up for this game.”
And fear not, you’ll still get your fix. There are still two The Walking Dead games coming this year, and they’re both coming from Telltale. It will kick off “soon” with a Michonne-centric spin-off, followed by a third season in their acclaimed episodic series that’s expected to arrive in the fall.
Overkill’s The Walking Dead comes to PC, PS4 and Xbox One in the second half of 2017.
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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