Well, this has been an eventful month or so for Overkill's The Walking Dead. The future of the co-op shooter set within the popular zombie franchise has been uncertain for a while; the PC release was met with poor sales and a critical panning, leading to the delay of the console versions. You may also remember last week, when Sony began refunding PlayStation Store pre-orders for the title out of seemingly nowhere. This led many to believe it had been cancelled, but publisher 505 Games said it was merely postponed.
Now, though, Skybound Entertainment has stepped in and delivered the final nail in the coffin. The company, which owns The Walking Dead IP, released the following statement yesterday:
As of today, we have terminated our contract with Starbreeze Studios and will discontinue all efforts on OVERKILL’S THE WALKING DEAD. Our creators and their stories are the core of Skybound, and since 2014 we have worked hard to expand the world of The Walking Dead into an exceptional Co-op Action FPS. We did our best to work with Starbreeze and resolve many issues that we saw with the game, but ultimately OVERKILL’S THE WALKING DEAD did not meet our standards nor is it the quality that we were promised. We are exceedingly sorry to our fans and share their disappointment in the game. We remain dedicated to providing our fans with the most premium quality content we can offer, and will continue to look for alternative video game options for the IP.
So, there you have it: Overkill's The Walking Dead is no more. It's a shame, but again, it's not a big surprise given the project's recent history. Are you disappointed to see the demise of this title? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
[source metro.co.uk, via skybound.com]
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This is crazy!
Video game industry has gone nuts this week.
They saw Anthem's numbers and jumped the ship.
and on this day, nothing of value was lost
Good read:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-28-the-fall-of-swedish-game-wonder-starbreeze
I had been looking forward to this since seeing the trailer. Me and a friend are big TWD fans, and thought it might make for some good co-op action.
Alas, it wasn't to be. I'm disappointed... not that it's been canned, but that it wasn't any good.
Now all I need is 4 more things to happen,then I quit video games for life. Shenmue 3 getting cancelled,streets of rage 4 getting cancelled. Days gone getting cancelled,man of medan getting cancelled.
It's been a bad few months for Walking Dead games.
@wiiware Yes it was!
The only 'Zombie' game I have been looking forward to is Days Gone. I have not watched the Walking Dead and as such, have never had this on my radar. Therefore, its 'console' cancellation is not disappointing to me and won't be missed...
looks like this game was finally put out of its misery, this game was awful.
Back when it was first announced, I had high hopes that this game would carry on the tradition of the Left 4 Dead titles. But once I got word of the response to the PC version, I lost interest. Both players and critics were fairly unified about how low quality it was. A shame. But, at least we have Days Gone to look forward to.
@JoeBlogs TWD action games are cursed!
Instead of making lovely cinematic demos pre-release.....and no gameplay, I was loving it. Until actual gameplay came. NOTHING LIKE THE GAME. At all!!! Very false and very poor in my book! Thank god it’s cancelled!!
In fact I’ve a feeling world war z will plummet too judging the demos I’ve seen. I was looking forward to that too.
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