The Walking Dead gets a free-to-play mobile game from Scopely

The mobile dead.

Casual game publisher Scopely has teamed up with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman to make a new free-to-play release based on the comic. The Walking Dead: Road to Survival role-playing game is out now for iOS and Android.

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Telltale’s critically acclaimed The Walking Dead series is also on mobile, but those are premium games that players need to buy before downloading. A free-to-play release can earn money with in-app purchases. Market research firm Newzoo predicts that the mobile market will be worth $30 billion in 2015.

Scopely has previously developed mobile games Yahtzee with Buddies and Disco Bees.

“The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is a mature, intense, story-driven game that emulates the ongoing struggle to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world overrun by vicious Walkers and ruthless fellow survivors,” stated a press release from Scopely. “Difficult decisions must be made that determine who lives or dies and how future events unfold in the game’s narrative.”