This past week, gaming web sites posted about the The Walking Dead FPS game being created by Overkill, who have created the popular PayDay games, being pushed back to a 2017 release date rather than 2016 when the game was initially announced.

Below is a snippet from Starbreeze’s site (Starbreeze owns Overkill) where it sounds like the delay is mainly to give the developers more time to create a version of the game for the Asian market.

As part of the strategic partnership, Starbreeze receives distribution rights on the Smilegate platform, enabling it to distribute its titles, including PAYDAY 2 and OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead, in Asia.

OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead will be expanded with more content where an Asian version will be developed for simultaneous launch with the western version. To maximize the new opportunities, Starbreeze, 505 Games and Skybound have decided to release the game in all markets during the second half of 2017. The partners are convinced this will pave the way to success, maximize revenues and cement it as a tent pole product for the next decade to come.

“What the Starbreeze team has achieved in the last few years is amazing. This partnership with Smilegate with an upfront cash injection secures our plans, opens new markets and proves yet again that we have an expansive and ambitious business plan focusing on creating long term value. This deal creates a new paradigm for independent developers in the digital market that we are excited to pioneer,” said Michael Hjorth, Starbreeze Chairman of the Board.
Source: starbreeze.com