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Go behind the scenes of The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
This behind-the-scenes video for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct shows Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker discussing their experiences as voice actors for the game. The game will launch March 19 for Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct skips Wii U in Australia
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct isn't coming to the Wii U in Australia, Activision tells Australian Nintendo website Vooks."As with every game release, publishers decide which platforms to release based on customer demand," Activision says. "Unfortunately it wasn't there for the Wii U SKU on The Walking Dead."Survival Instinct for Wii U was previously listed on Australia's EB Games website, but the listing quietly disappeared, and Activision stopped mentioning the Wii U version in its Australian press releases. Survival Instinct is scheduled to hit Wii U in North America on March 26 and in Europe on March 29, and it comes to PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 19 in North America.
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct trots out a new trailer, pre-order offers
You can now pre-order that other Walking Dead game if you want to. To help guide your decision to do so, Activision released the above trailer for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.Now, as for where to pre-order, that decision is complicated, like all decisions faced in a zombie-filled world, except with "various retail-exclusive offers" instead of "compromising your morals to survive." GameStop offers a "Herd Mode" DLC pack, and Amazon offers a "Walker Execution Pack" of melee weapons – again, underpinning this game's status as a standard video game versus the unique emotional experience you may think of from the brand.Both of these pre-order offers are exclusive to the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. Oh, and by the way, GameStop is also throwing in an ear. Whether that's meant to entice you or warn you away, we don't know.
Walking Dead FPS shambling onto Wii U, gnaws on Europe March 29 [update: NA Mar. 26]
Update: Activision tells us the North American release date is March 26.First-person shooter The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is creeping onto Wii U as well as PS3, Xbox 360, and PC when it's released in Europe on March 29. Speaking to Digital Spy, producer Glenn Gamble confirmed the game is headed onto Nintendo's new platform, along with the European release date. A North American arrival remains limited to a '2013' window. We've reached out to publisher Activision for more details.Gamble said developer Terminal Reality wanted to "augment" the game on Wii U rather than alter it. That augmentation comes via "more streamlined" inventory management on the GamePad."We didn't want to change the game," said Gamble, "because the game had already been established, so we tried to say 'What can we augment with the Wii U version?' That's where it's basically a more elegant inventory management system. With the Wii U you have access to your backpack at all times, so you can tag what weapons you want, you can drop stuff. It's a lot more streamlined."
The Walking Dead TV show's Norman Reedus is Daryl in the FPS
Terminal Reality's The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is a first-person shooter based on AMC's television series, which is of course based on The Walking Dead comic series from Robert Kirkman. It's the first new-media extrapolation to be based on something based on The Walking Dead, rather than on the graphic novel itself, which is probably a smart move when a game directly from the comic has already proven extremely successful.All that said, Survival Instinct integrates AMC's TV show directly, grabbing Norman Reedus, the actor who plays Daryl Dixon, to voice the main protagonist."Norman is super-cool, generous, and a real joy to work with," writes Terminal Reality Creative Director Drew Haworth. "And man, does that guy deliver! He gets the scene, the line, and what you're going for instantly and then doubles down on it, effortlessly 'Darylizing' lines for maximum punch. He's the kind of actor that really makes writers look good."From our own experience with the TV show, we have to agree with that last statement. No one on The Walking Dead nails "looking dramatically at another cast member, in silence, for five whole minutes" quite like Reedus.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron multiplayer rolls out at San Diego Comic-Con 2012
Activision has a whole mess of stuff planned for this year's San Diego Comic-Con, starting with the first taste of multiplayer in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.High Moon Studios will announce a new Marvel game (likely Hit Monkey) during a panel on Saturday, and Activision will also show off new footage of both 007 Legends and the recently announced FPS tie-in for The Walking Dead. For Activision's full San Diego Comic-Con 2012 schedule, hit up the source link below.
The Walking Dead FPS has zombies sniff, sound you out
Terminal Reality is the latest company to take advantage of the franchise opportunities in The Walking Dead, hired by Activision to create a first-person-shooter for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC due out next year. Rather than drawing from the source material of Robert Kirkman's graphic novels, Activision wants Terminal Reality to create a game from the AMC television series based on the comic, separating it from Telltale Games' episodic, action point-and-click installment of The Walking Dead."When Activision approached us to help them make The Walking Dead game based off the AMC's TV series, the whole team went crazy," Terminal Reality creative lead Angel Gonzalez writes on the PlayStation Blog. "We are all fans of the show and couldn't wait to get our hands on it. Immediately the team knew that an FPS game based on The Walking Dead was something we wanted to help bring the fans." We assume he means fans of the television series only, since fans of the comic aren't necessarily the same people who enjoy the TV show.The Walking Dead FPS will focus on the zombies as "walkers," as they're called in the show, and will require players to be specifically aware of the sounds they produce, whether when firing weapons or traveling through an area."In the game, you'll need to carefully sneak into and out of some dangerous situations and you may meet a few Walkers along the way," Gonzalez says. "If you show up with guns blazing, you'll quickly find yourself dealing with a much larger crowd and you could easily become overwhelmed."Walkers will also track humans by their scent. The longer a player stands still, the larger his scent radius becomes, eventually traveling outside of buildings and down streets to lure in masses of the undead. Just like McDonald's does.
The Walking Dead FPS's Comic-Con swag is all ears
Like, literally. As in, "Here's a necklace of zombie ears," which might be a bit less disgusting if it weren't a necklace of human ears. San Diego Comic-Con attendees can snag the gruesome jewelry by rushing over to Activision's booth and (ugh) pre-ordering the upcoming Terminal Reality-developed Walking Dead FPS.Only the first 100 on-site pre-orders get the "extremely limited edition version of Daryl's 'walker ears' necklace," so, uh, don't rush if you don't want the super creepy necklace. We're kinda leaning toward that option, actually.The Walking Dead first-person shooter is getting its first big showing at SDCC 2012, but it won't be playable. Take a look at the 2013 title in a new trailer below the break.%Gallery-159964%
The Walking Dead becoming an FPS from Terminal Reality
It turns out the mythology of The Walking Dead is enough to support more than one game. Activision announced its own game based on the franchise (the TV show, specifically), which will be a first-person shooter developed by Terminal Reality. It's due next year for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.Players take the role of Daryl Dixon, traveling with his brother Merle toward Atlanta, attempting not to get zombitten on the way. An IGN post about the game suggests players will have the option of using stealth to avoid the zombies, and will have to manage scarce resources. In addition, other characters will appear, and you'll have the choice to have them travel with you or not. Our tip: if they're zombies, don't invite them along.
