In a new crossover event, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival mobile game will feature familiar faces from Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead Season 1, including Lee Everett, Clementine, Kenny, and more to come:
Press Release: Scopely, the premier touchscreen entertainment network, has partnered with Telltale Games, a leading digital developer and publisher, to introduce new faces to The Walking Dead: Road To Survival. The limited time crossover event brings fan-favorite characters from Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead Season 1 into The Walking Dead: Road to Survival from Scopely in partnership with The Walking Dead series creator Robert Kirkman and Skybound. From December 10 through January 31, new characters, including the survivors Kenny, fan-favorite Clementine and her guardian Lee Everett, will make their way into the world of The Walking Dead: Road To Survival, with new appearances every week.
“Together with Telltale, we’re creating new and unique content that remains true to The Walking Dead source material from Skybound,” said Javier Ferreira, COO at Scopely. “We can’t wait to see how fans will determine the fates of these beloved characters within the Road to Survival universe.”
Scopely is dedicated to bringing fresh content to The Walking Dead: Road to Survival for years to come. The game is a constantly evolving, live world that connects a global community of fans, friends and gamers, with a steady stream of new content, including live events, new characters and storylines and other in-game updates.
“Working with Robert Kirkman and Skybound in creating characters that expand and enrich The Walking Dead comic universe has always been exciting for us,” said Steve Allison, SVP, Publishing at Telltale Games. “Working with Scopely, the Telltale characters like Lee and Clementine can be rolled into the fold with iconic Walking Dead characters like Rick and The Governor in scenarios possible only under the shared comic universe of Road to Survival.”
The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is available as a free download on iOS and Android devices. Players can unlock the Telltale Games characters by completing roadmap or other limited time, in-game events. To learn more about The Walking Dead: Road to Survival, please visit the official YouTube channel and follow along on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
About Scopely
Scopely is the leading touchscreen entertainment network. Founded in 2011, Scopely creates genre-defining hit games for casual and core gamers, working with the top development partners in the world. Scopely’s success is fueled by market leading skills in game design, live services, marketing, analytics, business development, ads and more from world-class talent. Scopely's great gameplay experiences earn the loyalty and love of millions of players around the world. In November 2014, Scopely closed a Series A funding round of $35 million to scale the business, expand the corporate team and diversify the company’s catalog of mobile game titles across original and globally celebrated entertainment properties. In August 2015, Inc. Magazine named Scopely the #9 fastest-growing private company in U.S. That same month, Scopely became a Top 25 Publisher in America according to AppAnnie. To learn more, please visit www.scopely.com.
About Telltale, Inc.
Telltale is a leading independent developer and publisher of games for every major interactive platform from home consoles and PC to mobile and tablet devices, and is the pioneer of the episodic delivery of digital gaming content. By successfully developing games as an episodic series and frequently releasing in the format a game season, they create longer consumer engagement than traditional games for each release. Founded in 2004 by games industry veterans with decades of experience, Telltale has quickly become an industry leader with numerous honors and awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, SXSW, the IMGA, and more, as well as being named Studio of the Year in 2012, after establishing a model for successful episodic game creation and digital publishing. Telltale's reputation for quality has been established across more than two dozen different product releases over the years with recognition and acclaim from publications like IGN, The New York Times, and Variety, including over 100 "Game of the Year" awards from publications like USA Today, Yahoo! Games, Wired, Spike TV VGAs, E!, Official Xbox Magazine, The Telegraph, Metacritic, and more. Telltale is a fully licensed third party publisher on consoles from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, and also publishes games on the PC, Mac, Apple iOS, and Android-based platforms. For more information visit www.telltalegames.com.
About Skybound Entertainment
Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform entertainment company specializing in television, comics, film, digital content, interactive, gaming, and merchandise. The company is led by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and his longtime producing and business partner David Alpert.
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