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The Walking Dead Game Season 1 Gets New DLC ‘400 Days’

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June. 11, 2013 — Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of The Walking Dead announced today that the 2012 Game of the Year-winning series The Walking Dead: Season One is set to receive an all-new installment as downloadable content.

The Walking Dead: 400 Days chronicles the horrific aftermath of the undead outbreak through the eyes of five new characters as they struggle to survive the first 400 days of the apocalypse. Playable in any order, the five connected short stories are centered in and around a Georgia truck stop, where players will be thrust into horrifying situations that will test their morals and control the flow of the story through their decisions and actions.

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Dan Connors, Co-Founder and CEO of Telltale Games explains: “After the incredible response to the first season of The Walking Dead, we wanted to surprise fans with something that offers a new angle on the world they love that’s connected to Season One and the upcoming Season Two through the choices that they make…400 Days is a great piece of connective tissue for fans to sink their teeth into and we’re thrilled that it’s to be included on PlayStation Vita as part of Season One.”

Available this summer, The Walking Dead: 400 Days will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network, as an in-app purchase for compatible iOS devices, and on PC and Mac from the Telltale Online Store and other digital outlets.

Walking Dead Will Give Vita Some New Life

The first season of The Walking Dead will also grace the screen of the PlayStation®Vita handheld system, and will also include the 400 Days DLC. This version will take advantage of the Vita unique touch-based control scheme. The handheld aspect means fans can get their Walking Dead fix on Vita wherever they go.

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A screenshot from The Walking Dead’s new DLC “400 Days”

To date, The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series has sold more than 17 million episodes worldwide, earning more than 90 Game of the Year honors from such outlets as Metacritic, Wired, and the Spike TV VGAs, in addition to being the recipient of two BAFTA Video Games Awards for Best Story and Best Mobile Game.
 
The Walking Dead is set in the world of Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series. Players experience life-changing events, meeting new characters and some familiar to fans of the comic book series, in events that foreshadow the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes. The Walking Dead offers an emotionally-charged, tailored game experience – a player’s actions and choices affect how their story plays out across the entire series.

Here is the E3 Trailer for The Walking Dead: 400 Days


 

The Walking Dead: 400 Days will be available for US$4.99 or equivalent as downloadable content for The Walking Dead: Season One. Players will require at least Episode One of Season One to be installed in order to play. It is rated’M’ (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes and Strong Language by the ESRB.

For more information on the game, visit the official Walking Dead Game website. For more information on The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, and all of his titles, visit www.Skybound.com and www.TheWalkingDead.com.