Telltale The Walking Dead: A New Frontier premieres December 20th

Season 3 of Telltale's The Walking Dead finally has its release date. Episode one of the series, which has yet to be named, will get its first look at The Game Awards December 1st prior to releasing on December 20th.

It will be a five-episode series according to Telltale, with a physical season pass disc coming on February 7th. It will include the first episode and all future episodes of the series. PS4 owners get a special treat, as digital pre-orders of the The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will also get all episodes of The Walking Dead season 2 and the Michonne mini-series for free.

When family is all you have left… how far will you go to protect it? Four years after society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier? As Javier, a young man determined to find the family taken from him, you meet a young girl who has experienced her own unimaginable loss. Her name is Clementine, and your fates are bound together in a story where every choice you make could be your last.

You will not need to have played the first two seasons of The Walking Dead according to Telltale as it's a branching out of the main story. It will help of course, but Telltale has stated previously that they wish to make it as accessible to fans as possible.

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier will be available on both Xbox and PlayStation platforms, as well as mobile and PC.