Telltale Games announced this week that their episodic version of Walking Dead, which is phenomenal if you’re wondering, will be getting a release through retailers for Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. On December 4, 2012, all 5 episodes will be available for $29.99, which is about what the episodes cost online, unless you caught some kind of sale. It raises the price of the game by $1 per episode, but that covers disc and packaging I suppose. The real value is in the collector’s edition, and here’s why.
The collectors edition will come with The Walking Dead Compendium. This is a 1000 page paperback with exclusive Charlie Adlard cover art, that collects the first 48 issues of The Walking Dead comics. Individually these issues would have cost you $200.00, or buying the trades you would have shelled out roughly $60.00. The collector’s edition itself, is $69.00. It is exclusive to Gamestop and is pre-order only.
If you don’t own the comics, this is a great way to start reading the series, and get a phenomenal game. Don’t ya think?