Overkill’s The Walking Dead Delayed Until 2018 – Den of Geek US

Starbreeze has announced that Overkill's The Walking Dead has been delayed until sometime in the second half of 2018.

The publisher confirmed this delay via theirSweedish website. Oddly, the delay announcementitself is not translatable into English directly through the Starbreeze website. According to third-party translations, however, Starbreeze's decision to delay the game stems from their desire to ensure that the game reaches its full potential.

If you're suddenly wondering what that full potential amounts to, there is very good reason for your confusion given thatOverkill's The Walking Dead was first revealed in 2014. Starbreeze promised that the game would be an inventive adaptation of the original Walking Dead comics that emphasizes co-op gameplay, storytelling, and robust level design that will supposedly heighten the game's replay value.

Remarkably, the only real updates we've been treated to since the game was first revealed involve its many delays. The Walking Dead was originally delayed until 2016, was then delayed until 2017, and now is delayed until 2018. In that time, developer Overkill has never really revealed much about the game beyond the vague details which accompanied its release. Even the game's title still sounds like an internal reference.

Meanwhile, Overkill has continued to update PayDay 2 and have reportedly begun preliminary work on PayDay 3. While the release of the latter game is supposedly still some time away, it's fair to say that they are not solely devoted to completing The Walking Dead.

While there is still some cause for hope as it concerns the game's eventual release - Starbreeze has promised to show footage from the project via their Twitch channel on May 10 - it's beginning to look more and more like Overkill's The Walking Dead has a slightly better chance of being released than the dead have of walking the Earth once more.

Perhaps, though, Overkill can surprise us all by delivering a Walking Dead game that manages to surpass the show's declining popularity by reviving the thrill of the source material. Until we learn more concrete information about the game, you'll have to judge these concept art shots that Starbreeze released during the company's recent livestream in order to get an idea of how the game is shaping up.

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Overkill's The Walking Dead Delayed Until 2018 - Den of Geek US