Telltale Games has confirmed that Clementine will feature in some capacity in the upcoming third season of its Walking Dead video game franchise.
Speaking during an interview with IGN, Robert Kirkman, the creator of the popular zombie apocalypse franchise, revealed that we can expect more elements from the comic book series to make an appearance.
“Season 3 of the Telltale series is really exciting to me,” said Kirkman. “The way that the timeline works, Season 3 will actually be getting pretty close to where we are in the comics currently – the books that are coming out now are roughly in the same timeframe that Season 3 will be in.
“There’s a lot of really cool, really exciting things coming that I don’t think people will expect. We’ll be checking in on Clementine again, so we’ll be seeing her, we’ll be seeing where she’s at, what’s going on with her, which is gonna be great.
“But also, similar to the Michonne series, I think there will probably be some more comic book elements that’ll be working in, in some interesting ways. I don’t wanna reveal too much, but [it] will definitely go hand-in-hand with the comic a little bit more than Season 2 did.”
The Walking Dead launched in 2012 on last-generation consoles and received an expansion, 400 Days, as well as a full-fledged second season. Earlier this year, Telltale Games released the mini-series The Walking Dead: Michonne, which focuses on the blade-wielding heroine as she is separated from Rick Grimes’ group.
To date, The Walking Dead video game franchise has sold over 50 million copies worldwide and has picked up numerous accolades from critics, including multiple Game of the Year gongs. The first two seasons (read our verdict on Season One here) were later released for PS4 and Xbox One.
Kirkman’s comic book series is also the inspiration behind the hugely successful FOX TV series starring Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus. The show recently wrapped its sixth season and will air new episodes this fall.
The Walking Dead Season 3 is expected to hit PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year.