Negan and Maggie from ‘The Walking Dead’ to Become Playable Characters in ‘Brawlhalla’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

It is definitely safe to say, that a television show is at peak popularity when a video game company wants to get involved with said show in some capacity. Because that is a signal that audiences and fans want to be around the characters that populate said show as often as possible and plopping them into a video game is one easy way to make that happen, since the player/fan can go on adventures with those characters whenever they choose while they wait for a brand-new episode. If anything, that aspect of popularity is top of mind today, simply because one video game company in particular, is ready to pay tribute to the enduring admiration of The Walking Dead.

For yesterday it was announced that the Ubisoft game Brawlhalla is going to add Negan and Maggie to the game as playable characters, joining others from the franchise as well and let’s be honest… this is pretty darn cool. Because you’ll get to wield Lucille, and if you so wish, you can dispense justice with Maggie or play the hero as Michonne, Rick Grimes or Daryl Dixon. But rather than continue to uncontrollably geek out about this, there are details that you are undoubtedly eager to learn about this addition. So without further ado, here are all the details on this wonderful update to the game, courtesy of Ubisoft and AMC Networks.

‘We can’t hold them! Ubisoft, in collaboration with AMC, announced that The Walking Dead will be featured once again in Brawlhalla with Negan and Maggie joining the squad as new Epic Crossovers on September 22.

The latest reunion of fan favorites from The Walking Dead kicks off with an in-game event that features Negan and Maggie joining the previously released Michonne, Rick Grimes, and Daryl Dixon in Brawlhalla. The Walker Attack Game Mode will be featured as the Brawl of the Week, where players must fight off endless waves of walkers for as long as they can.

Developed by Blue Mammoth, Brawlhalla is an epic free-to-play platform fighting game that transports over 70 million players to a fight for glory in the halls of Valhalla. Choosing from more than 50 unique characters, players can jump into single-player and co-op modes, as well as online and local competitions. Brawlhalla also supports cross-platform play between the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™ system, PlayStation 4® and PlayStation 5® system, PC, iOS, and Android devices where players can play custom games and queue together for all online matchmaking.

In its 11th season, AMC’s The Walking Dead remains cable’s #1 drama.  Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, The Walking Dead is produced by AMC Studios and executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, Angela Kang, Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Dave Alpert, Greg Nicotero, Joseph Incaprera and Denise Huth. The epic journey to the series finale continues Sundays 9/8c on AMC, with all episodes available one week early on AMC+, part of a massive 24-episode story arc that will bring the show’s decade-long successful run to conclusion.

For more information on Brawlhalla, please visit: brawlhalla.com

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For more information and the latest news on AMC’s The Walking Dead, please visit: TWDU.com’

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