Team 17, the developer behind The Escapists: The Walking Dead, recently announced that the game will land on the PlayStation 4 on February 16.
The 8-bit game was previously only available on Steam for PC and on Xbox One. However, according to Team 17, demand for a PlayStation 4 version was so great, the developer decided to release it on that system, too.
In The Escapists: The Walking Dead, players take on the role of Rick Grimes, from The Walking Dead comic books, as they lead and protect a group of zombie apocalypse survivors, which includes some of the original cast from the comic. Rick and the survivors must then make their way through a zombie-infested world and survive many dangerous situations with a storyline that follows the timeline of the comic.
"Yes, that's right - we've taken our breakout hit The Escapists and merged it with the well-loved universe that is Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic series," writes Team 17 on its blog. "We've taken the very best of both worlds and lovingly recreated comic panels, dialogue, and the story of the award-winning comic series within the charming 8-bit style of The Escapists."
The title features five locations from The Walking Dead, as well as offers players the ability to craft weapons and useful items. Players must also work with their team to come up with daily routines for survival. There are also puzzles for players to solve, as well as situations that require knowing when to fight and when to run, with running often being the best way to survive a world riddled with the undead.
The original The Escapists game sold 600,000 copies on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That game had players take on the role of an inmate who must escape from prison. In that game, players created, stole or found items to help in their mission, while using activities, such as exercise, to level up their characters to improve their odds. However, players still had to engage in their normal daily prison routines, while keeping their escape plans hidden from guards. The Escapists also featured multiple ways of escape, including instigating riots or sneaking through the prison's vents.
