The Walking Dead is making a splash when it comes to games this year, and it’s only getting bigger. GameMill Entertainment and AMC announced today that their new game The Walking Dead: Destinies is coming soon to PlayStation5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Developed by Flux Games and published by GameMill Entertainment, players will relive critical moments from Seasons 1-4 of the hit television series AMC’s The Walking Dead in this third-person action-adventure experience where you control the outcome of the story. Allowing players to take the series into their own hands and change the fate of it. Will you choose Rick or Shane to lead the group? Will you make an enemy of the Governor, or recruit him to your cause? It’s all going to be up to you.
Begin your journey as Rick Grimes, waking alone in a hospital surrounded by the dead. Assemble allies and fight your way through the walker apocalypse across iconic locations from The Walking Dead, including Atlanta, the Greene family farm, the prison, and Woodbury. Promising to be driven by player choice, it looks like fans will be able to use crucial choice-driven moments to shape the destiny of your team of characters from the series even if it’s different than the one we know. Heroes and villains, living and dead – it’s up to you to decide whether to stay the course or change AMC’s The Walking Dead to the way you want.
They also shared key features of The Walking Dead: Destinies that will make the game all the more intriguing for fans of the series, and newcomers alike. You can find the features shared with us below:
- Shatter Fate: Alter the story of AMC’s The Walking Dead by weaving your own path through the series’ events. Save the villain, kill the hero… and live with the consequences.
- Slash, Bash & Shoot the Undead: Slay hordes of walkers in third-person action with a variety of melee and ranged weapons, including bats, katanas, revolvers, shotguns, and crossbows.
- Build Your Dream Team: Assemble your roster from over twelve iconic characters from AMC’s The Walking Dead, including Rick, Shane, Michonne, Carol, Daryl, and more.
- Survive the Apocalypse: Manage limited resources, scavenge for weapons and ammo, and maximize your party’s abilities to stay alive.
- Experience the Tension: Defend your camp, rescue survivors, and fight through stealth and all-out combat. Get one last chance at survival in a “broken state” before the zombie threat overwhelms you.
The pre-order kicks off ahead of the debut of AMC’s much-anticipated new series in The Walking Dead Universe – The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, premiering Sunday, September 15, and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, featuring the Rick and Michonne story, coming in 2024.
The Walking Dead: Destinies will be available to pre-order starting today on PlayStation5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam for $49.99.
