Robert Kirkman's super-dark heist comic, 'Thief of Thieves,' will be a video game
From The Walking Dead to dead men (and women) walking.
Robert Kirkman's Thief of Thieves is the next Skybound comic to get the video game treatment. The publisher's interactive arm has partnered with Rival Games to tell a story about Celia, protégé of the comic's master thief, Redmond (aka Conrad Paulson).
Fans of the comic know that Celia is introduced early on, via flashback, as a wannabe thief with tons of enthusiasm but minimal street smarts. The game will chart the path she follows as she goes from neophyte to master criminal and right hand of the world's most talented thief.
Rival Games is a younger, Finland-based studio that formed in 2014. The team's current project, The Detail, is an episodic police procedural with a strong comic book influence in its art style and a Telltale Games kind of vibe in its branching, choice-dependent story.
I haven't had a chance to play The Detail yet, but this Thief of Thieves announcement has put it solidly on my radar. You can find the three-episode first season up on Steam.
Thief won't be out until 2018, but the trailer above offers a look at both the art style and the heist-planning and execution that is presumably central to the game. Skybound will be showing Thief of Thieves off to San Diego Comic-Con attendees later this month.
Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
