Overkill's The Walking Dead was panned by many when it launched on PC late last year, and then, following the criticism, the console version received an indefinite delay in January. We've heard nothing of the shooter since, but this latest bit of speculation suggests that things aren't going well.
A Reddit user sparked things off by posting a message that they had received from PlayStation. It states that their pre-order of Overkill's The Walking Dead is being refunded, and we've seen a number of similar reports since. The message doesn't give any additional information, but the knee-jerk reaction is that the game could be cancelled.
Given the title's history, cancellation of the PS4 version seems plausible. That said, these messages could be the result of some kind of error, or perhaps the game's PS4 listing has been temporarily removed for whatever reason.
In any case, Overkill's yet to comment on the situation.
[source reddit.com]
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starting to pre-sell a game that has no fixed release date is a horrible practice and shouldn't be allowed. people should get an interest on their refunds.
also, platform holders should impose a fine on publishers if they break a release date on a game that is being pre-sold with a certain release date.
I actually like Nintendo's practice on Switch: if you want to pre-sell a game you also have to provide the data for pre-load. Every game on the Switch eShop that's pre-purchasable can also be pre-loaded. That way it's almost certain that there won't be any delays.
Whoops.
Man, I worry for overkill. They blundered this, but they've still done great stuff in the past. here's hoping they don't go out of business
I pre order 3 days before a game comes out. This is one of the reasons. The other reason is so companies don't invest my preorder money.
The game looked like hot garbage every since we first saw gameplay... Basically a poor man's Left 4 Dead. I feel bad for those who where looking forward to it but it's no big loss...
Sony is indeed telling people that game is cancelled.
https://www.trueachievements.com/n36554/starbreeze-tells-sony-that-overkills-the-walking-dead-is-cancelled
I know it's not the same Starbreeze that made the Darkness and Riddick. That those people left ages ago. It's still sad though. **** Grin and Bo Andersson.
From what I seen of it, the game needed at least another full year, possibly 2 of development time. It looked like a game from 2008 and that's not a stab at games from back then, it looked boring, dated and the only selling point it had was the name.
We got way better zombie games like days gone and last of us 2 On the horizon to even care about this trash getting cancelled.
@Link41 Not sure how you came to that conclusion from the linked article — it's the same source as the one included here.
It also says: "Neither OVERKILL nor Starbreeze has stated officially that the game has been cancelled."
No official word from anyone as far as I can tell, but surely someone has to say something soon.
@manu0
or people could stop committing to buy games that aren't even finished yet.
@Link41 Not sure how legit that email is in the link. The wording doesn’t sound right. It seems too relaxed, and I’ve not had emails with that tone before from PlayStation when they email me. I might be wrong though. Either way I was really hoping the game would be good. The trailer looked promising.
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