Finnish developers Next Games have announced a partnership with AMC to bring the TV series to life on mobile devices. As with Activision's The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct this shouldn't be confused with Telltale Games' episodic adventure game based on the comic books.
"We chose to team up with Next Games because of their outstanding creative and technical talent, as well as a willingness to re-imagine the unique and compelling world of The Walking Dead, which has built a significant and passionate global fan community," said Charlie Collier, AMC president. "We're thrilled to be part of this next wave of games innovation and participating in a project that - like the show itself - is in service of the fans."
"Our take on the undead survival franchise will match the against-all-odds action and moment-to-moment tension of the TV series. We want to find that sweet spot where gameplay and narrative inform and reinforce one another," said Teemu Huuhtanen, CEO at Next Games. "Like AMC's The Walking Dead itself, we're not giving away too many details right out the gate, but I can confidently state it's unlike anything we've seen from The Walking Dead franchise on home or mobile gaming hardware before."
Next Games is a fairly new studio, founded last year by veterans from Rovio, Supercell and Disney. Remains to be seen just what kind of game is coming out of this.