The Walking Dead

**The Walking Dead**, also known as **The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series** and **The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series**, is an episodic video game series that takes place within Robert Kirkman's *The Walking Dead* comic series' universe.

The video game series was developed and published by Telltale Games, associated with Skybound Entertainment.

Telltale debuted the series with the release of Episode 1 of Season 1 at the beginning in spring of 2012. The first episode of the adventure game debuted on April 24, 2012, for PC, Mac, and the PlayStation Network, on April 27, for Xbox Live Arcade, and on July 26th, for the iOS.

Due to the late release of the game for iOS, episode 2 became available for download on August 29th. The entire first season, (along with the "400 Days" DLC), was released on August 20, 2013, for the PlayStation Vita.

Season 1 along with the 400 Days DLC later saw a release on Nintendo Switch on August 28, 2018.

Kirkman has said that, unlike typical zombie games such as *Left 4 Dead*, it focuses more on characterization, character development, and emotion than action.

It is also the first game from Telltale to use the PlayStation Move. It is a point-and-click horror adventure, focusing on problem-solving rather than combat.

Season 2 was confirmed to be planned by Telltale Games in July 2012. Later on, they pushed the release date towards Autumn 2013. The first episode of Season 2 was released on December 17th for PC/Mac via Steam and on PlayStation Network. It was released for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network Europe and iOS on December 18th. It was released for PlayStation Vita on April 22nd in North America and on April 23rd in Europe.

The 'Game of the Year' disc edition for Season 1 was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 14, 2014. A retail disc version of Season 2 was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 21, 2014 in North America and on October 31, 2014 in Europe.

Season 3 was confirmed on July 26, 2014 during Skybound's panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2014. The first and second episodes were released on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC on December 20, 2016.

On June 15, 2015 during E3, Telltale Games announced a new mini-series titled *The Walking Dead: Michonne*, which follows Michonne's story during the events in the Comic Series. It was released as a stand-alone series on February 23, 2016. Telltale has announced that further information regarding Season 3 will be released following the completion of this series.

An updated version of the series titled *The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - Collection* was released on December 5, 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, both in retail and digital releases, with PC/Mac, iOS, and Android releases coming in 2018 as well as on additional platforms in the future. The collection contains the first three seasons, including the “400 Days” DLC and the three-part *The Walking Dead: Michonne* mini-series; all nineteen episodes are fully upgraded with visual enhancements.

Season 4 was confirmed on July 2017 during San Diego Comic-Con 2017. This season would mark the conclusion of Clementine's story. The first episode was released on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on August 14, 2018. Season 4 will also be the final game that Telltale will release, as the company announced studio closure in September 2018 following a massive layoff of its staff and the cancellation of most of their in-development titles. It was initially believed that after the second episode released, it was going to be the final episode released, and that the third and fourth episodes were cancelled, thus leaving Season 4 unfinished. However, on September 24, 2018, Telltale released a statement on social media saying *"Multiple potential partners have stepped forward to express interest in helping to see The Final Season through to completion"*. While this got fans excited, most spoke that Telltale should seek ways into paying the developers of the game severance. On October 6, 2018, it was announced that Skybound Games, the gaming division of Skybound Entertainment, will be finishing the final two episodes of Season 4.

The third and fourth episodes were ultimately released on January 15, 2019 and March 26, 2019 respectively, thus concluding the story of Clementine.

A complete collection of the entire series called The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series was released on September 10th, 2019, including yet another remaster of the first three seasons, 400 Days, and Michonne miniseries featuring the option of The Final Season's "graphic black" style. Also included was bonus content such developer commentary, an art gallery, music player, and 3D model viewer.

On April 3, 2019, Ian Howe, CEO of Skybound Games, confirmed that there will be other stories of The Walking Dead to tell and that there are many discussions about future projects but he also said that for now nothing is concrete.

A continuation of Clementine's story was hinted at the end of Negan Lives and on July 7, 2021 she has made an appearance in Clementine Lives, which would then lead to a trilogy of graphic novels.

## Episodes

### Season 1:

1. "A New Day"
2. "Starved For Help"
3. "Long Road Ahead"
4. "Around Every Corner"
5. "No Time Left"

### Season 2:

1. "All That Remains"
2. "A House Divided"
3. "In Harm's Way"
4. "Amid The Ruins"
5. "No Going Back"

### Michonne:

1. "In Too Deep"
2. "Give No Shelter"
3. "What We Deserve"

### Season 3:

1. "Ties That Bind - Part 1"
2. "Ties That Bind - Part 2"
3. "Above The Law"
4. "Thicker Than Water"
5. "From The Gallows"

### Season 4:

1. "Done Running"
2. "Suffer The Children"
3. "Broken Toys"
4. "Take Us Back"

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Dave Fennoy as Lee Everett
* Melissa Hutchison as Clementine
* Gavin Hammon as Kenny
* Cissy Jones as Katjaa/Shel/Dee
* Max Kaufman as Kenny Jr.
* Nicki Rapp as Lilly
* Terence McGovern as Larry
* Nicole Vigil as Carley
* Sam Joan as Doug
* Trevor Hoffman as Ben Paul/Justin
* Owen Thomas as Omid
* Mara Junot as Christa
* Anthony Lam as Vince
* Jace Smykel as Wyatt
* Vegas J. Jenkins as Russell
* Erin Yvette as Bonnie
* Brett Pels as Becca
* Rashida Clendening as Tavia
* Erik Braa as Danny
* Brandon Bales as Eddie
* Jefferson Arca as Nate
* Adam Harrington as Leland
* Andrew Chaikin as Roman/Carlos
* Dana Bauer as Stephanie
* Scott Porter as Luke
* Brian Sommer as Peter Randall
* Brian Bremer as Nick
* Dorian Lockett as Alvin
* Shay Moore as Rebecca
* Louisa Mackintosh as Sarah
* Michael Madsen as William Carver
* Julia Farmer as Sarita
* Dan White as Mike
* Christine Lakin as Jane

### Recurring Cast

* Maxwell Zorbel as Jake
* Terence McGovern as Gary
* Anthony Lam/Roger Jackson as Jeremiah
* Roger Jackson as Charles
* Cissy Jones as Brie
* Rebecca Schweitzer as Diana
* Ruby Butterfield/Mark Barbolak as Boyd
* Jason Victor/Donovan Corneetz as Clive
* Amy Ingersoll as Joyce
* Owen Thomas as Troy

### Minor Cast

* Nick Herman as Glenn
* Chuck Kourouklis as Hershel Greene
* Peter Edward Mussad as Shawn Greene
* Mark Barbolak as Albert/Walt
* Brian R. Davis as Chet
* Brett Pels as Irene
* Mark Middleton as Mark
* Adam Harrington as Andrew St. John/Jerry
* Brian Sommer as Danny St. John
* Jeanie Kelsey as Brenda St. John
* Ruby Butterfield as Travis/Steve
* Kevin Burns as David Parker
* Cissy Jones as Jolene/Linda
* Jolie Menzel as Beatrice
* Unknown as Drew
* Roger Jackson as Walter Ashe
* Erin Yvette as Molly
* Butch Engle as Vernon
* Mara Junot as Anna Correa
* Will Beckman as Bennett
* J.S. Gilbert as Clyde
* Benjie Ross as Marcus Crabtree
* Rhoda Gravador as Jean
* Jason Pimentel as Roberto
* Julian Kwasneski as Winston/Johnny/Radio Officer/Radio Survivor
* Najwa Brown as Michelle
* Johnny Arkoosh as Victor
* Jared Emerson-Johnson as Ralph
* Wylie Herman as Matthew
* Kiff VandenHeuvel as Walter
* Kumail Nanjiani as Reggie
* Sean Ainsworth as Hank/Bandit 1/Macon Resident
* Unknown as Lowell
* Unknown as Tyler
* Unknown as Vera
* Unknown as Tisha

## Deaths

* Albert
* Sandra (Off-screen)
* Shawn Greene
* Hershel Greene (Off-screen)
* Mr. Everett (Off-screen)
* Mrs. Everett (Off-screen)
* B. Everett (Off-screen)
* Irene
* Doug
* Glenn (Off-screen)
* Terry St. John (Off-screen)
* Danielle (Off-screen)
* Travis
* David Parker
* Jolene
* Mark
* Larry
* Brenda St. John
* Danny St. John (Off-screen)
* Maybelle (Off-screen)
* Andrew St. John (Off-screen)
* Beatrice
* Jake
* Linda
* Gary
* Drew (Off-screen)
* Carley
* Katjaa
* Kenny Jr.
* Walter (Off-screen)
* Fivel (Off-screen)
* Walter Ashe
* Jeff (Off-screen)
* Crawford Oberson (Off-screen)
* Charles
* Molly
* Brie
* Diana (Off-screen)
* Ed (Off-screen)
* Tess (Off-screen)
* Ben Paul
* Jeremiah
* Lee Everett
* Jerry
* Marcus Crabtree
* Annie
* Clyde
* Justin
* Bennett
* Walt
* Jean
* Dee
* Vernon (Off-screen)
* Boyd (Off-screen)
* Stephanie (Off-screen)
* Danny (Off-screen)
* Joyce (Off-screen)
* Clive (Off-screen)
* Omid
* Michelle
* Christa
* Winston
* Sam
* Roman (Off-screen)
* Ralph (Off-screen)
* Victor
* Peter Randall
* Beth (Off-screen)
* Matthew
* Johnny
* Walter
* Reggie
* Hank
* Alvin
* William Carver
* Troy
* Carlos
* Becca (Off-screen)
* Shel (Off-screen)
* Wyatt (Off-screen)

## Marketing

On February 15, 2012, Telltale announced the launch of *Playing Dead*, a behind-the-scenes online talk show including guests like *The Walking Dead* creator, Robert Kirkman, and story consultant and "The Book of Eli" writer Gary Whitta.

## Reception

*The Walking Dead Collection - The Telltale Series* received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic giving a metascore of 78/100 on Xbox One.

## Trivia

* Clementine's character was developed before Lee's because the designers wanted a "character that would act as a moral compass for the main character as he progressed through the game."
	+ It was given by Telltale that supposedly the game would involve Clementine and her brother, but due to the pre-existence relationship before the apocalypse her brother was cut off from the game, replaced by Lee Everett.
		- It was also given that Clementine almost got cut-off from the game. This was because Telltale was concerned that the players wouldn't care about her.
* The Video Game originally started as a *Left 4 Dead* text based game.
* By January 2013, *The Walking Dead: Season One* won over 60 'Game of the Year' awards, and as of June 2013, it has won over 90.
* Upon announcement of the "400 Days" DLC, Telltale reported that over 17 million episodes have been purchased across all platforms worldwide.
* The Video Game has more protagonists and major antagonists than any other form of *Walking Dead* media, with a total of 10 protagonists (Lee, Clementine, Vince, Wyatt, Russell, Bonnie, Shel, Tavia, Michonne and Javier) thus far and 10 major antagonistic groups (the St. John Family, Save-Lots Bandits, Crawford Oberson, the Stranger, Nate, William Carver, the Russian Group, Norma, the New Frontier, and the Delta).
* There was a pre-order contest in 2012 for the Video Game in which four randomly selected players who pre-ordered the game were selected to be transformed into the game as zombies, while one player won the grand prize of being transformed into a character in the game, dying, and coming back as a zombie. The four zombies appear in "No Time Left" as Lee makes his way to the Marsh House and the grand prize winner was Brie Rosenholm, who the character Brie was based on. Brie appears in "Around Every Corner" and then again in "No Time Left" as a zombie.
* It can be noted that every Season, including The Walking Dead: Michonne but not the 400 Days DLC, features exactly one prolonged quick-time event sequence involving another survivor. Season 1 had Lee's fight against Andy St. John during "Starved For Help", Season 2 has Clementine's fight to escape Winston in "All That Remains" and The Michonne Mini-series features Michonne's battle against Randall at the end of "Give No Shelter". Next Season 3 had Javier's standoff with Badger in "Above The Law" and lastly The Final Season features Clementine and Lilly's fight during "Broken Toys".
* Although it says: "Silence is a valid option", there are some points in the game that you are required to speak, or you will either respawn or nothing will happen until you do.
* In this version of *The Walking Dead*, the outbreak began on July 20th, 2003.

## External Links

* Walking Dead, Official site.
* John Stewart, Walking Dead developers release ‘Playing Dead ep 02′, *Gaming Examiner*, (March 6, 2012).
* The Walking Dead on Steam

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Steve Sunu, Telltale Games Announces New "The Walking Dead" Website & Screenshots, *Comic Book Resources*, (February 15, 2012).
2. ↑ @Skybound - Twitter *(July 26, 2014)*
3. ↑ Skybound Entertainment Panel at SDCC 2014 - YouTube *(July 27, 2014)*
4. ↑ [1]
5. ↑ Metascore for The Walking Dead Collection - The Telltale Series on Xbox One*Metacritic*, Retrieved March 24, 2020
6. ↑ Yoon, Andrew. The Walking Dead originally starred Clementine's brother *Shack News* (December 27, 2012)
7. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1462681285