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Developer(s) | Telltale Games |
Publisher(s) | Telltale Games |
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Producer(s) | Lisa Schulz |
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Artist(s) | Tara Rueping |
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Composer(s) | Jared Emerson-Johnson |
Series | The Walking Dead |
Engine | Telltale Tool |
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Release | Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
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Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier[a] is a 2016 episodic graphic adventure video game based on the comic book series of the same name developed by Telltale Games. It is the sequel to The Walking Dead: Season Two, and the third game in The Walking Dead video game series. The first two episodes were released on December 20, 2016, while a retail season pass disc edition was released on February 7, 2017.[5][6][7] The game employs the same narrative structure as the past seasons, where player choice in one episode will have a permanent impact on future story elements. The player choices recorded in save files from the first two seasons and the additional episode 400 Days carry over into the third season.[8]
The game takes place in the same fictional world as the comic, where a zombie apocalypse has caused society to collapse. The main characters of the game are mostly original characters; however, due to time skips in season two and between seasons two and three, the timeline is caught up to where the comics are. Clementine (voiced by Melissa Hutchison), who was the player's companion during the first season and the protagonist in season two,[9] returns as a playable character, but the main protagonist of the season is an original character named Javier "Javi" Garcia (voiced by Jeff Schine).[10][11] In A New Frontier, Javi and Clementine must work together with other survivors to rescue their respective families from the eponymous group, which Clementine used to be a member of.
Unlike the first two seasons, the game received mixed reviews from critics with praise aimed at its new cast of characters, updated engine, certain aspects of its choices and overall new direction, but criticism for the short episode lengths, treatment of the second season's endings, some of its characters, and Clementine's perceived shift to a supporting role. A fourth and final season, titled The Walking Dead: The Final Season, with Clementine as the main protagonist, was episodically released from August 26, 2018 to March 26, 2019.[12]
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