The Walking Dead comic books, first published in 2003, contain many of the same themes featured in AMC’s current TV adaptation, and even a brain-dead “walker” could figure out that the milieu is ripe for the video game world: crammed in to an epic struggle for survival, it’s got the flesh-feeding cadavers of Left 4 Dead, the guns of any shooter on the market, and the philosophical brooding of Heavy Rain.
Later this year, fans who’ve fallen in love with the series can look forward to all three in Telltale Games’ episodic The Walking Dead, which promises to be heavy-handed on storylines from Robert Kirkman’s comics while also debuting a new protagonist. Over on the developer’s website, the first part of a video diary series entitled “Playing Dead” has gone live alongside a trio of in-game screenshots focusing on the title’s comic book-inspired art design.
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