Walking Dead season 3 is one of the most anticipated titles in Telltale’s collection of franchises. We left off season 2 with a major cliffhanger and fans have been dying to see what comes next for our heroes.

Luckily, players won’t have to wait much longer as season 3 is set to release sometime later this year, however, in an interview with IBTimes UK, Head of Communications Job Stauffer explained that characters from previous titles will be making a return and that you should keep a keen out for them.

“As we get into this third season, it does start butting up against where the comics are now,” Stauffer said. “Geographically we’re very much closer to Virginia, and that does open the door… we will be seeing some characters from the comics, more highly integrated with this third season.

“We experimented with that in our mini-series earlier this year, The Walking Dead: Michonne, but as we go into season three – focusing on characters from the games – the door is open and we will see very well-known characters interacting with [protagonists] Clementine and Javier.”

“Thematically, we’re in an era where it’s so many years into the apocalypse that it’s not just about small groups trying to get society back up and running, it’s larger groups and larger factions. People trying to figure out how to communicate with different communities, how does the mail work, how does commerce work, how do we get society back up and running in this new world, this new frontier of… ‘What is America now, what is the world now, after the apocalypse?’.”

Season 3 of The Walking Dead will debut later this year in the Fall.