The Walking Dead Game Wins Game Of The Year

The Walking Dead scored big at last night's Spike Video Game Awards, as The Walking Dead: The Game earned home five awards including the top honor of Game of the Year.

• Game of the Year
• Best Adapted Video Game
• Best Downloadable Game
• Best Performance by a Human Female - Melissa Hutchison
• Studio of the Year - Telltale Games

 The Walking Dead: The Game is available for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Mac and iPad/iPhone.

Win a role as a zombie in The Walking Dead game

How would you like to appear in The Walking Dead game?

Five lucky players who pre-order the game will get to be rendered in as walkers.

And one very lucky player will get an in-game cameo as a living person who gets killed, comes back as a zombie... and gets killed again.

Enter by pre-ordering the PC or Mac version at TheWalkingDeadGame.com.

The Walking Dead Video Games

Wondering where The Walking Dead video game is?  The wait will be over shortly - Robert Kirkman has entered into a long term deal with Telltale Games to produced a series of video games based on the Walking Dead franchise.

"Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman today announce a long term agreement to produce games based on The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead is an epic drama where personal trials are magnified against a backdrop of moment-to-moment survival. As a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions sweeps the globe, the dead are rising to feed on the living. The living are changed by the overwhelming realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally begin living. 

"We have been fans of The Walking Dead for years. As a narrative-driven company, we really appreciate Robert Kirkman's masterful craftsmanship in every story." said Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "Fans of the franchise are going to be really excited by how we deliver this in the games.""

In their official press release, Robert Kirkman said "The folks at Telltale Games are a great choice for bringing The Walking Dead to life as interactive entertainment.  They care as much as I do about the story and characters while seamlessly weaving that into the games they build. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am ecstatic to work with the same people putting out the coolest Jurassic Park game ever."  

Telltale will produce The Walking Dead games for all console formats plus PC, Mac, handheld, mobile and social media platforms with the first game schedule to be released in Fall 2011.