| The Walking Dead: The Final Season | |
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| Developer(s) | Telltale Games (episodes 1–2) Skybound Games (episodes 3–4) |
| Publisher(s) | Telltale Games Skybound Games |
| Director(s) | Kent Mudle Chris Rebbert Vahram Antonian Chris Rieser Ryan D. Chan |
| Designer(s) | Michael Kirkbride Jean Francois Guastalla Emily Grace Buck Mark Darin |
| Writer(s) | James Windeler Jessica Krause Mary Kenney Lauren Mee Adam Esquenazi Douglas Chris Rebbert |
| 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
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| Genre(s) | |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Walking Dead: The Final Season is a 2018 episodic graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games and later Skybound Games, and the fourth and final main game in The Walking Dead video game series, based on the comic book series of the same name. Taking place some years after The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, the game focuses on Clementine's efforts to raise young Alvin Jr (AJ), in the post-apocalyptic world, coming to join with a group of troubled teenagers surviving out of their former boarding school. Their path leads them to encounter a hostile group of raiders led by a figure from Clementine's past.
The game represents the first major release by Telltale after a major restructuring; it was aimed to return to themes and elements from the first season, and expected to be the concluding story for Clementine. The game was anticipated to be released over four episodes, with the first episode released on August 14, 2018, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. However, due to the sudden closure of Telltale Games on September 21, 2018, the last two episodes were overseen by Skybound Entertainment, the production company of The Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman, using as many of the former Telltale development team as possible, as Kirkman had felt it necessary to properly complete Clementine's story.