The Escapists The Walking Dead Game Coming to Xbox One in 2015

Written by Brandon Hofer on July 08, 2015

News: Team 17 is teaming up with Sky bound Entertainment to bring a mashup of the two franchises, The Escapists and the Walking Dead.

Team 17 has revealed a new project that they are working on. It is a collaboration with Skybound Entertainment and is “The Escapists The Walking Dead.” Merging these two franchises, Team 17 have taken the best of both worlds and will now provide players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

In this unique game, created in the 8-bit pixel art style of The Escapists, Rick is in charge of a band of survivors featuring many of the original comic book cast. He must secure the safety of the group by seeking out a safe escape route from each area, and manage several dangerous tasks to keep as many of the group alive as possible. The game faithfully matches the timeline of the comics and so as the player makes progress in the game they play through locations that mirror the progress of the band of the survivors taken from the award-winning comic's epic story.

“Team17 presented a creative plan to blend The Walking Dead into The Escapists and our response was simple. When do we get started? The Escapists is a charming example of a single creator’s vision come to life. We are excited to offer fans of The Walking Dead something different and The Escapists The Walking Dead is just that. A playful interpretation that we believe fans of great games in general will love,” says Daniel Murray, President at Skybound Entertainment.

“With well over 600,000 units sold, the award-winning The Escapists is one of the hit indie titles of 2015. Masterminding your escape from prison is hard enough but how can we make it harder? Zombies. Remember poor Rick Grimes trying to escape hospital, organise life at a farm or hold up in an abandoned prison? A little bit of awesome 8-bit pixel love later and BOOM! It is great to partner with Skybound and The Walking Dead and we are really excited to ‘escapify’ the amazing, rich and sinister world of Robert Kirkman,” adds Debbie Bestwick, Team17’s Managing Director.

Team17 will be both developing and publishing this game and it is set to hit the Xbox One and PC later this year. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Does this game interest you? Have you played the Walking Dead games? Have you played the Escapists?