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Skybound Games’The Walking Dead: Betrayalrecently confirmed its open beta dates. First announced last July,The Walking Dead: Betrayalhas been likened toAmong Usasit will require players to find the traitor among their ranks.
The highly popularThe Walking Deadtelevision series featured many alliances that fell apart due to sudden betrayals. Fans also got to experience this inTelltale’s Walking Dead, where they made decisions that impacted the game’s story.The Walking Dead: Betrayalaims to take this theme to the next level as eight players, known as survivors, would have to work together to find resources and escape a herd of walkers. They also have to get rid of the traitor that’s sabotaging their plans.
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Compared to other social deduction games,The Walking Dead: Betrayalhas made itself unique by featuring different weapons and skills that survivors and traitors can use to accomplish objectives. Since the title is being developed by Other Ocean Interactive, it shares somesimilarities with popular social deduction gameProject Winter.
The Walking Dead: Betrayalhas potential to reignite interest in zombie games, especially in a world wherezombie shootershave dominated the genre. Many players might be interested in co-op gameplay that’s different from the likes ofLeft 4 DeadandBack 4 Blood. Capitalizing on the popularity of social deduction games seems like the right move to allowThe Walking Deadfans to play with friends, and be able to battle both walkers and fellow survivors.
Apart fromThe Walking Dead: Betrayal, many fans have been anticipatingSkybound Games’Invincible Presents: Atom Eve, which is set to be a visual novel centered on the superheroine and her friends. Ubisoft has also partnered with Skybound to develop a free-to-play mobile game calledInvincible: Guarding the Globe. The multimedia entertainment company has managed to produce video game titles that cater to a variety of fandoms, including pro wrestling with the RPGWrestleQuest.
