Why ‘The Walking Dead’ characters are killing you in ‘Call Of Duty’

nme.com:

Call Of Duty kicked off a crossover with AMC’s The Walking Dead, as original leading character Rick Grimes joined the game as a playable operator.

With an operator skin for fan-favourite swordswoman Michonne Grimes still on the way, NME caught up with the people responsible for the crossover.Speaking to NME, Clayton Neuman, head of franchise at AMC, said that from “very early conversations,” it was agreed that Rick and Michonne were the best picks to represent The Walking Dead.“Since Rick’s last episode in season 9, there’s been this sort of fan fervour about what happened to him,” shared Neuman. “When Michonne left the show, there was an equal fervour.

These two characters are really front and centre in the minds of our fans.”“They’re such strong characters,” agreed Jon Riva, content art director at developer Sledgehammer Games.

For Riva, part of his role in the crossover was bringing Rick and Michonne to life in Call Of Duty while making sure they were still “represented” as The Walking Dead characters.“It has to be both, and we met in the middle,” he explained. “So for Rick, there’s key features of the character we wanted to include – like the leather jacket, and the Colt [pistol].