Earlier today, IGN confirmed that the first season of Telltale's fantastic Walking Dead game series will soon be appearing on the PlayStation Vita. This latest port is set to arrive sometime this year.
The news was confirmed in an interview with PlayStation's Director of Product Planning and Platform Software Innovation Don Mesa. Aside from having a mouthful of a corporate title, he was quick to emphasize what this means for the platform:
"Having [a studio] like Telltale, a very successful indie developer, coming in to support us sends a strong message," Mesa explained.
Mesa was short on the exact details of this port, but he did very vaguely describe what they were hoping would make the Vita version unique:
"We think that the emotion and the immersive experiences you're going to get there, wherever you're sitting, if you're in your living room and playing on your Vita or sitting at a café or at the bus stop and playing this, you get that shock or fright," he said. "I think that's going to be important. That's what we want to deliver as you're playing."
There's no firm release window on the PlayStation Vita version yet. There also hasn't been any confirmation on whether it would be released episodically, or as one complete bundle.
The game is currently available on the PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, iOS, and Xbox 360. The first episode was originally released in April of last year, and was developed by Telltale Games.
Telltale has since confirmed that a second season is currently in the works, although it is now unclear whether the new episodes will take priority of the Vita port, or if they will be developed in conjunction.
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