So, today the creators of Payday 2 Overkill Software announced that they are making a new game based on the popular franchise The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman, the creator of the original comics, said in a post on Steam that it’s “the co-op game that all of the Walking Dead fans have been waiting for.”
Overkill has only released the teaser trailer that you can see beloq, so details about the new game are very limited. But we know that Kirkman himself has signed on to the project, and it’s not coming out until 2016. Also the message “In 2016 Washington will fall” that’s plastered in bloody letters seems to suggest that the game will be set in the U.S. capital. Or at least the adventure will start there, at least.
Based on Overkill’s history, I think it’s safe to assume that their Walking Dead game won’t have a lot in common, gameplay-wise, with the episodic adventure game series made by Telltale Games. Although that would be very cool, I highly doubt there will be a connection.
To sweeten the deal, Kirkman also said at the end that Payday 2 will add a special spiked bat melee weapon to celebrate the new partnership which is freaking awesome and I’m sure you Payday 2 fans will agree.
