One of my favorite television shows right now is The Walking Dead on AMC. The show is adapted from the comic book of the same name made by creator Robert Kirkman. The comic book was first issued in 2003 and the television show followed in 2010. The TV show is based on the comic book's timeline but it is not exactly the same which keeps it more interesting for those of us who have read the comic books.
The television show and the comics have done very well. The show has been nominated for many awards and has had good ratings throughout it's three seasons on AMC. It is also the most-watched basic cable drama in the history of broadcasting.
After The Walking Dead brand branched out into television, it began to branch out into the video game market. This year, Telltale games began to release an episodic video game for The Walking Dead. In the game, the main characters are different but they live in the same zombie-infested world. The first season of video games will have five episodes to play through, with each one being released a few weeks after the other. The last episode of the first season will be out next month.
The video games were met with positive reviews. The first episode of The Walking Dead game sold one million copies in 20 days, making it Telltale's fastest selling game to date. This summer, Telltale revealed that a new season of The Walking Dead games will be released.
There is another Walking Dead game that is going to be published by Activision. The game, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, will be a prequel to the television series and will be released next year. So far, The Walking Dead brand has had great success in everything it has decided to go into.
In other news related to last week's blog, Disney has announced that it has bought Lucasfilm for $4 Billion. They will be making Star Wars: Episode 7 and will be releasing a new episode every two to three years after that. Here is a link to that story.
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&Date=20121030&ID=15733883&industry=IND_MEDIA&isub=&ocid=ansmony11
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