The Walking Dead: Onslaught will crawl its way into VR this year

Is the appetite for games based on The Walking Dead so big that fans will support a second virtual reality game based on the long-running television series? Survios and AMC will find out soon as they prepare The Walking Dead: Onslaught for release. It’s a visceral survival-shooter where you have to deal with dozens of Walkers coming after you in virtual reality. The game is set to debut sometime this year on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and SteamVR. And it’s coming not long after Skydance’s The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners debuted in January on VR platforms.

I spoke with Survios game director Andrew Abedian about the game and its progress in development. He said that, as the official AMC game, the title will have familiar characters like Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon and other characters such as Rick, Michonne, and Carol from the TV show. And Survios is going for a more visceral feeling in things like melee, where you’re going to have to swing a club or other weapon around as 30 zombies try to take you down at once.