FREEBIE ALERT – The Walking Dead: A New Frontier on iOS

I haven’t played The Walking Dead: A New Frontier yet, but that’s all about to change thanks to a quick price change on the App Store.

Having launched just weeks ago, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is the third season in Telltale’s ongoing zombie survival series. The past games have been great, and — much to players’ surprise — they were given a double whammy of content when season three launched in late December. In addition to the first episode, players could purchase the second immediately as an in-app purchase. Pretty great, right?

Now you can grab that first episode free of charge. The catch: this deal only seems to be available on iOS. Considering the timing, our gut says this will probably be Apple’s Free Game of the Week beginning tomorrow — but really, that’s just a guess.

Either way, we’re delighted to see a “first episode free” approach from Telltale, even if it turns out to be temporary. This is something I’ve been arguing their games have needed for years now. After finishing a first episode of pretty much any of their series, players will gladly fork over the cash for the rest.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go roll some pennies to pay for Episode 2.

Jim Squires

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Jim Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo. Everything you see passes his eyes first, so we like to think of him as "the gatekeeper of cool stuff." He likes good games, great writing, and just can't say no to a hamburger. Also, he is not a bear.