Developer Telltale Games heads the newly crowned Game of the Year ‘The Walking Dead’- which was announced at the 10th Annual Spike TV Video Game Awards.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 11, 2012. Developer/Publisher Telltale Games revealed today that the 2012 Game of the Year winning series The Walking Dead is now available for purchase from North American retailers on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 & PC.
Until now, The Walking Dead was only obtainable digitally through consoles and PC, but now a retail version containing the full five episodes can be bought for $29.99 in stores.
Just recently the series won a mass of awards at the biggest video game awards show, the 10th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards – winning Game of the Year, Studio of the Year for Telltale Games, Best Downloadable Game, Best Adapted Video Game and Best Performance by a Human Female featuring Melissa Hutchison as the young girl, Clementine.
Aside from that The Walking Dead won over many critics including Cheat Code Central labeling it Game of the Year, and IGN giving top honours in their annual awards. They gave the final episode of the season an Editor’s Choice Award and a score of 9.5 out of 10 saying:
“People will reference the series over and over as the benchmark for story-telling in games,” and summed up the game’s emotional impact by stating, “I cried in the final minutes, sat silently through the credits, and was speechless after the epilogue.”
Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series is where The Walking Dead world came to life. Players engage themselves with life-changing events, coming across new characters which fans may familiarize some in the comic book series, in events that foreshadow the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes.
The Walking Dead delivers an emotionally-charged, personalized game immersion – with the player’s actions and decisions affecting everything they do throughout the entire series start to end.
The Walking Dead is also accessible to download for Macintosh Computers from the Telltale Online Store and other digital outlets and is on hand for compatible iOS devices from the App Store.
For more information on The Walking Dead game, visit the official website, Facebook, and follow Telltale Games on Twitter.
For more information on The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, and all of his titles, visit www.Skybound.com.
The Walking Dead is rated ‘M’ (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes and Strong Language by the ESRB.
