Overkill's The Walking Dead

« VK » · 13 Aug 2014 at 17:04

Hi all,

Starting a discussion on OVERKILL's new announced title:

Important Links
- Original Teaser Website
- Announcement Webpage
- Official Twitter Account for OVERKILL'S THE WALKING DEAD
- The Walking Dead Wikia Page - For the upcomming video game
- Press Release from Starbreeze Studios
- Official announcement from Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead
- OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead Q&A
- Steam Discussion - Temporary space until they get an official forum on Steam

- The VR Experience Trailer

- Article on Polygon - 14th March 2015
- Article on VG247.com - 17th March 2015
- What it’s like to play the Walking Dead VR demo - VG247.com article - 15th June 2015

I can now confirm that yes, this is a completely new release based on Robert Kirkman's comic book series, The Walking Dead.

The game is being published by Starbreeze Studios (which were the publishers of PAYDAY 2) and being developed by OVERKILL Software (the developers of the PAYDAY series) who will be in charge of development and have full creative control.
"OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead will be powered by Starbreeze’s Diesel engine updated for the next generation. The title is set to release in 2016."
"OVERKILL will deliver a completely new co-op experience to The Walking Dead universe, exploring new characters and storylines."

See the Announcement Page, found in the 'Important Links' section, for further details.

Would love to see your opinions on this new release and the expectations that you may have of this game. Have you watched the televised series of The Walking Dead? Played the Telltale Games' version of The Walking Dead? Fan of the comic?

« VK » · 13 Aug 2014 at 17:08

PaulC2K said:
Just seen the announcement pop-up. Could be very interesting.

Its not exactly what we need, another zombie game, but if they can make it decent then i wont complain.

Well, based on Overkill's previous released games, I expect this to be of a really high quality. Looking forward to seeing more of the game.

« VK » · 13 Aug 2014 at 17:22

The official Q&A has been released: http://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/16/35220951692818341/

Thoughts on the news?

« VK » · 13 Aug 2014 at 17:45

I will continue updating the original post when further news/ updates are announced.

« VK » · 13 Aug 2014 at 17:51

Finners said:
Hmmm will keep my eye on this but gave up on payday 2, it was just to clunky and buggy that it grew tedious

Can say the same thing, I played with a team called The Criminal Network (they do PAYDAY 2 Livestreams etc.) but it just got very repetitive. I hope this is not the case with this game.

« VK » · 13 Aug 2014 at 18:00

Robert Kirkman also has a new Steam account with the tag, OVERKILL.
Link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/OVERKILL_Robert

Based on past PAYDAY 2 development, this will allow him to play the current game build.

« VK » · 14 Aug 2014 at 08:27

Have any of you watched the televised series of The Walking Dead? Played the Telltale Games' version of The Walking Dead? Fan of the comic?

« VK » · 15 Aug 2014 at 07:43

From the sounds of things, it looks like the game will be a co-op survival sort of thing so perhaps expect an open world survival game? No evidence so far though.

« VK » · 18 Mar 2015 at 10:40

There's been a recent article released on vg247.com. Check it out: http://www.vg247.com/2015/03/17/overkills-the-walking-dead-payday-esque-but-in-a-bigger-world/

« VK » · 18 Mar 2015 at 11:45

Update on thread:
- Added fancy image
- Added some more useful links in regards to the game/ development/ discussions

(See Original Post)

« VK » · 9 Jun 2015 at 09:05

I've edited the main post to include the official Twitter account.

What are your thoughts on the development of this game? Are you hyped? We will most definitely see something at E3 related to the game and I'll update this thread accordingly.

« VK » · 27 Jul 2015 at 13:30

Updated link for the VR Trailer if anyone wants to go check that out. Looks very... atmospheric...

Also added an article on the VR demo from VG247.com

« VK » · 22 Jan 2016 at 15:21

Further news: Due to release second half of 2017!

Article: https://www.vg247.com/2016/01/22/overkill-the-walking-dead-game-delayed-to-2017/

« VK » · 10 Feb 2016 at 18:31

I can probably see it becoming a microtransaction driven game to be honest which isn't the best thing however I am looking forward to seeing some more gameplay. The VR trailer/ playable demo that they've been showcasing around the US and stuff looks kind of poor but I've only seen the one video so I can't really judge it in it's current state.

« VK » · 4 Oct 2018 at 19:38

Here's the steam page! https://store.steampowered.com/app/717690/OVERKILLs_The_Walking_Dead/