The Walking Dead Q&A
Q: What is OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead?
A: OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead is a co-op first person shooter with elements of action, role-playing, survival horror and stealth, that invites players to explore the hugely popular The Walking Dead universe, where they will play the role of survivors fending for themselves in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating walkers. In 2016 Washington will fall – what will you do?
Q: When will OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead be released?
A: OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead is currently under development by OVERKILL – a Starbreeze Studio and will be released in 2016.
Q: On which platforms will OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead be available?
A: The platforms OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead will be released on are to be announced at a later date.
Q: Why do you call OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead an indie game?
A: For the first time ever Starbreeze Studios, one of Europe’s oldest independent developers, is both developer and publisher of a game. Starbreeze Studios is a relatively small developer studio consisting of 45 Starbreeze and OVERKILL game developers. Thanks to our success with the PAYDAY franchise along with our partnership with Skybound Interactive – the owners of The Walking Dead – we are able to cut out the middleman and have a direct relationship to our community, focusing on making the best game we possibly can together.
Q: Who will develop OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead?
A: OVERKILL – a Starbreeze Studio has partnered up with Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead, and Skybound Interactive to create the most intense survival horror game we possibly can. OVERKILL, developers of the PAYDAY series, will be in charge of development and will have full creative control.
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