Last week Payday developer Overkill announced that it would be making a co-op FPS based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead series. It's a tantalising prospect, but one that naturally brings to mind lots of questions. Overkill producer Almir Listo took to Reddit to answer a few of these, even if the studio is remaining fairly cagey on this upcoming project.
Perhaps the most noteworthy confirmation Listo revealed is that the game will be set in the same universe as the comics and Telltale's series, not the TV show ala Terminal Reality's The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.
"We're working with Robert himself," Listo said when asked about which version of TWD Overkill is basing its series around. "Seeing as he writes the comics, it's only natural that we'll focus on that. Personally, I love the focus on horror in the comics. We'll focus on new characters and new storylines, same universe."
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Perhaps the most noteworthy confirmation Listo revealed is that the game will be set in the same universe as the comics and Telltale's series, not the TV show ala Terminal Reality's The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.
"We're working with Robert himself," Listo said when asked about which version of TWD Overkill is basing its series around. "Seeing as he writes the comics, it's only natural that we'll focus on that. Personally, I love the focus on horror in the comics. We'll focus on new characters and new storylines, same universe."
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