Skybound Games has announced a release date for The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, a collection of all content in the franchise till date. It’s out on September 10th for Xbox One, PS4, and PC for $49.99. Along with all four main seasons, the collection will include The Walking Dead: Michonne mini-series and the DLC 400 Days.

There will also be a number of digital bonuses, over 10 hours of developer commentary, and behind-the-scenes features like concept art and character art. A “Return of The Walking Dead” documentary short will also be included, along with a music player for listening to more than 140 tracks. If that wasn’t enough, players can also enable the “graphic black” setting for all episodes to give it a look more in vein of the Walking Dead graphic novels.

Creative director Kent Mudle said, “Graphic black is a loving tribute to the source material and a powerful art style that makes the game look like a living comic book. An idea the team formulated and perfected with The Final Season, this new visual styling offers longtime fans a way to play the series again in a brand-new light while giving new audiences a smooth visual ride across all seasons.”

With over 23 episodes and more than 50 hours of gameplay, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series is a great way to experience the long and tragic story of Clementine. From playing as Lee Everett to controlling Clementine and growing up with her, players will make choices that define her fate. For more information the various editions, head here. Check out our review of The Walking Dead: The Final Season here.

Skybound Games recently wrapped up Clementine’s story arc after picking up Telltale’s The Walking Dead series following the studio’s closure, but clearly they’re not done with that world yet. Though they have plans for more games in the future (preliminary ones, at the very least), before they get to that, they’re going to take a look back at what’s come before one final time.

They’ve announced The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, due out this September for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC (where it will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store, just as the final two episodes of The Final Season were). The collection will include all four seasons of the game, and the three episodes-long side-series, The Walking Dead: Michonne. All seasons will be boosted by graphical enhancements, while there will also be a total of 10 hours of developer commentary, not to mention a behind-the-scenes documentary short.

The collection is coming in the form of three editions, though the priciest one has already been sold out- there were only 100 of the Signature Pack, which was price at $349.99, included the game itself, an Ericson School for Troubled Youth t-shirt, a Disco Broccoli plush, Clementine & Lee enamel pins, a Kenny hat, Clementine nesting dolls, a 10” Clementine & Lee Diorama, an 18”x24” art print, and another art print signed by members of the development team, voice actors, and Robert Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead). All of this was included in a signature stamped box.

So what’s left, then? There’re two more editions you can purchase (which aren’t available in a limited capacity, so there’s no rush). The Guardian Pack (available for $249.99) includes everything mentioned above other than the signature stamp box and the signed art print, while the Protector Pack (priced at $99.99) is one step down, without the diorama and the 18”x24” art print.

You can make your purchases at the Skybound store through here. Meanwhile, make sure you give our review for The Walking Dead: The Final Season a read.

March saw the ever-growing Xbox Game Pass library getting bolstered thanks to some excellent new additions– April, however, is even more exciting. Microsoft recently teased six new Game Pass announcements. Those six games have now been confirmed, and I must say, it’s a very impressive lineup of games.

The ongoing Life is Strange 2’s second episode will be aded to the service, just as the first episode was. It will be made available on April 24. Before that, however, April 11 (which is tomorrow) will see the month’s stream of games get rolling, with Arkane Studios’ incredibly Prey, and HB Studios’ golf sim, The Golf Club 2, both being added to the Game Pass catalog.

April 18 will see even more big games going live on the service. Capcom’s incredible Monster Hunter World will be made free to Game Pass subscribers, as will the third season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead series, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – which is definitely the weakest of the four seasons, but still worth playing if you’re a fan.

On April 25, Resident Evil 5 will make its way to the Game Pass catalog- not the classic Resident Evil game we might all be thirsting for lately, but a great action title in its own right, especially if you play the entire campaign co-op with a buddy.

It’s a great lineup all in all, and at least a couple of those games will appeal to you regardless of your preferences. Here’s hoping Microsoft keeps this solid run going next month as well.

In keeping with the glut of great game announcements for the Nintendo Switch over the last few days, Telltale has now finally confirmed that all the legacy Walking Dead games will be coming to Nintendo’s Switch this year, too (Season 4, the final season, was already confirmed for Switch, and the first episode has launched simultaneously on the platform with all the other versions).

The Walking Dead: Season 1 launches on the Switch next week, with all five episodes, plus 400 Days included for a price of $25 (they use last year’s enhanced The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection as a base). To be more precise, it will be available on August 29. Season 2 and the third season, A New Frontier should be available before the end of the year as well. As of right now, Michonne, the miniseries that bridged the second and third seasons, has not been confirmed.

It’s a shame that these weren’t released ahead of Season 4’s launch, but that is what it is. At least Switch owners get to play these now.

This is perhaps the strength and weakness of both Telltale’s games and The Walking Dead as a franchise, in that you really already know most of what you’re going to get with both separately and as a marriage. I do want to stress that this isn’t necessarily a poor reflection, in fact the decaying world of The Walking Dead is still as natural a fit as ever for offering players tense and morally grey choices.

"I think it’s telling that the zombies themselves have grown to be set dressing in most modern interpretations. Instead, the predictable zombies are the secondary threat to what we really fear,"

This particular entry puts you in the boots of Javier, who before the world descended into hell was a perpetual screw up who put himself before all else. One of the main strengths of playing the entire season back to back right away is the increased spotlight in Javi’s personal journey, or rather the player’s choices in how he reacts to those around him.

It’s interesting how zombie lore has evolved over the years. Movie monsters are a reflection of our culture, our deepest fears as a collective. Zombies once showed us a primal fear of the loss of individuality, and I think it’s telling that the zombies themselves have grown to be set dressing in most modern interpretations. Instead, the predictable zombies are the secondary threat to what we really fear, the humans, dangerous and unpredictable strangers who you can’t trust.

Right and wrong being a blurry line is standard procedure in the zombies genre, and the hard decisions that come so naturally to the setting are what help bring the core cast to life. I made the decision to play my Javi as a man who always wanted to believe in the best of people but never could let his guard down when it came to defending his family. But there were tempting moments for Javi to become more ruthless, more self preserving, that drove some of the best moments in the game.

"Clem’s story intersects with Javi’s, complementing the family focused arc of the latter with themes of growing up and even motherhood."

Of course, the people around Javi have to be just as well rounded to drive his motivations, and they largely hit the mark as well. Kate brings a grounding voice of responsibility as well as a potential romantic angle to the story. Gabe is the confused teen who wants to find his place, and his growth is dictated by your lead. Clementine returns as well, connecting your past files to the game through her.

Even without past knowledge of her struggles, Clem comes across as a complicated character with a painful past. There is one brief chapter with her in each episode that opens a window into what happened to her and allows you to mold her through those decisions as well as how she interacts with Javi. Clem’s story intersects with Javi’s, complementing the family focused arc of the latter with themes of growing up and even motherhood.

I’ll elect to avoid continuing the character breakdown to avoid spoilers, but there are a core set of key players that all have some fantastic development to them that becomes driven partially by player choices, breaking away from the feeling of past Telltale episodes where your choices didn’t feel like they mattered. Lives do end or keep going completely dependant on your choices, including two equally heartbreaking, yet bright endings that also tease further adventures in the series.

"As a narrative focused game, there’s a huge amount of pressure on the new telltale engine to deliver on the presentation aspects. I’m happy to say that a lot of the issues I had with Batman: The Telltale series have been addressed"

As a narrative focused game, there’s a huge amount of pressure on the new Telltale engine to deliver on the presentation aspects. I’m happy to say that a lot of the issues I had with Batman: The Telltale Series have been addressed, without betraying the signature style of their games with their moving comic book look.

Animation quality has stepped up significantly, particularly in the facial expressions, now able to take some of the heavy lifting away from the writing and let subtle eye movements or expressions give away the feelings of a character. Characters aren’t as stiff during action scenes, allowing things to feel smoother overall. I still suffered from one crash during my playtime, but checkpoints are close enough that it didn’t lose me a ton of time.

Overall, Telltale’s latest The Walking Dead game is more or less exactly what you expect it to be, and that isn’t a bad thing. The new engine does help bring the world to life and sharp writing still brings the characters to a great level, allowing you to attach yourself to the situation and care about who lives and dies, creating those moments of truly difficult choices. Telltale does one thing very well and this isn’t going to win over those who don’t appreciate that, but as a modern take on the adventure game, the ongoing saga of Telltale’s The Walking Dead is as good of a continuation as you could get.

This game was reviewed on PC.

The journey for survival continues on April 25th as Telltale Games has announced that episode 4 of The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, titled “Thicker Than Water” will be releasing then. The developer also noted that a new trailer for the episode would be available later doay.

Technically the third season in Telltale’s The Walking Dead saga (not counting the mini-series featuring Michonne), A New Frontier takes place several years after Season Two. Clementine has grown up, a new survivor is introduced in the form of Javier and the two team up for wacky adventures. Some of those may involve zombies and harsh decisions to be made. It is a Walking Dead game after all.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is available for PS4, Xbox One and PC along with iOS and Android. What are your thoughts on the season thus far? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned for more information.

Telltale’s The Walking Dead has returned with its third season. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is available for PC, iOS, Android, PS4 and Xbox One with its first episode The Ties That Bind being available for $5. This is a two-parter, a first for the series, and you can pick up the entire season for $25.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier takes place several years after season 2 where the world is slowly beginning to rebuild. Zombies are still rampant though and you’ll take control of new character Javier as he and an older Clementine fight to protect their loved ones. Survival doesn’t come easy in a universe where zombies seem like the lightest threats though.

Unfortunately, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier won’t be releasing for Xbox 360 and PS3. It’s possible to transfer saves from season 2 by downloading an update on the previous gen console and uploading this online. If you truly want your decisions to carry over, it may be worth looking into.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, the third season of Telltale’s critically acclaimed The Walking Dead series of adventure games, is almost here – it launches tomorrow – and ahead of that, here’s a batch of new screenshots from the game for you to keep yourself busy until the launch.

The screenshots here show off some new characters, including newcomer Javier, as well as ones whom we don’t recognize and know by name yet. There are also some zombies in these screens, as well as, of course, Clementine.

Telltale has stated that it wants the new season to be simultaneously a ‘new beginning’ and a continuation- meaning that the new season will straddle the line between appealing to entirely new fans while also being satisfying to existing ones. How well they pull it off is something that remains to be seen.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier launches on December 20 on Xbox One, PS4, PC, iOS, and Android devices.

If you’re still on the PS3 and Xbox 360, then it might be time for an upgrade (finally). Telltale Games has confirmed in a new blog post that The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, the third season in its acclaimed franchise, won’t be releasing next for previous gen consoles. This means both the disc and digital versions.

However, since choices can carry over from Season Two, it’s still possible to import your save. As per a support post, you’ll need to download a patch for the game on Xbox 360 or PS3 which will provide the option of uploading your save. A Telltale account will also be required to make this happen.

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will release on December 20th for Xbox One, PS4, PC, Android and iOS. It will continue the story of Clementine while also introducing a new character Javier and a faction of suspicious survivors known as the New Frontier.

Like the other games in the series, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is going to be released in episodic form. The first two episodes are due to launch on mobile platforms, the PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC and Mac on December 20, 2016.

• 1. Development
• 2. Story
• 3. Gameplay
• 4. Characters

Development

Telltale Games licensed the ability to make The Walking Dead games when they were making the first “season.” The contract with the comic book company was for “multiple” seasons and so the firm knew it was going to be making more than one season for this series. After the great success the first game had, the second season was not as critically acclaimed but sales were good enough to drive Telltale into making both a version of the game that centered on the comic book and television series character Michonne. Telltale also committed to a third season in the winter of 2015 and officially announced A New Frontier in the spring of 2016.

After the game was officially announced, the development team said the title was going to have a new “bag of tricks” but the firm did not explain exactly what else would be included in the game that would set it apart from the other titles in The Walking Dead series. At the end of April of 2016 it was divulged that the third season would feature an appearance by Clementine but not in what way she would appear.

At PAX East, the development team announced the new game would be released in November of 2016 but the game first episode of the game was later pushed back. While we now know that the first two episodes in the title are going to be released on December 20, 2016, the team had not divulged the release date of any of the other episdes though they are not usually announced until the first episode or episodes are released. As of November of 2016 there was no mention of further release dates. This is the first time in this series the company has released multiple episodes at the same time and Telltale is calling this a “two-part episode”

Along with the announcement the game would have its first two, of five episodes released at the same time, the development team released a brand new trailer showing more bits and pieces of the story.

Story

The writer of The Walking Dead comic book series, Robert Kirkman said “We’ll be checking in on Clementine again, so we’ll be seeing her, seeing where she’s at and what’s going on with her, which is going to be great.” At the same time, he didn’t say if that would be the singular focus of the story. Kirkman also said there would be more tie-ins to the comic book series than we have seen in previous versions of the game though the writer did not explain what those tie-ins would be.

The development team has said players will be able to play as both Javier and Clementine. Javier is a character from The Walking Dead Season 2 but the team has not said how the story will be divided up or how much time the players will spend with each character. While there isn’t much known about the specific story for The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, we do know it has the same basic aspects as the first two stories. That means players will be guiding characters along as they try and stay alive and away from “Walkers” which are zombies that infest this game world.

There will be some continuation that occurs from choices made by the players in the first two games of this series. Clementine and Javier will be trying to find a way to get through the world as they protect the baby that became a part of the larger story arc in The Walking Dead Season 2. It also appears that Clementine has lost a finger from one of her hands, though the development team has said that particular detail might not be in every game, as it depends somewhat on player decisions in previous versions.

Gameplay

The gamplay in The Walking Dead Season 3 is similar to what players will find in any point and click adventure series. While the consoles versions do allow for players to walk characters around, the mobile versions are almost entirely pointing at a destination and watching the players move to that point in the screen.

The game will also have some items that can be equipped and picked up using the point and click mechanic though the game does not have an inventory that can be explicitly accessed repeatedly and at any time. There are specific areas where items found earlier in the game will be used, instead of being able to use them at any time.

The game also has a player choice mechanic that is said to change how the story of the The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will unfold. Some of these choices are merely decisions on what to say and how to respond to other characters while others have broader reach in that they will determine which characters live or die beyond a certain scene. The developers have said there have been some tweaks to the overall game play but have not said exactly what those tweaks will be.

Characters

The known characters in The Walking Dead: A New Frontier are Clementine, who has made an appearance in all three of the main The Walking Dead games. Alvin Jr. who was a baby in the previous game and a very young child in this one, Javier, Hector, Kate and Eleanor. The trailers have shown an additional girl, man and woman who have not been named previous to the game’s launch.

Note: This wiki will be updated once we have more information about the game