Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Episode 1 - "Tangled Up in Blue" will be available to play on April 18.

Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy Box Art

Thanos First Look — Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy

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The first of five episodes, "Tangled Up in Blue" will drop on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, iOS, and Android-based devices for $4.99 USD. Telltale also announced the Guardians of the Galaxy season pass, which will be available in North America on May 2, and internationally on May 5. Check out the cover art — featuring Groot in his former glory — below.Telltale has also revealed at least one of the series' antagonists — the Mad Titan himself. Check out your first look at Thanos in the series in the screenshot below, and keep your eye out for a new trailer dropping this Thursday at 9 a.m. PT, which will hopefully expand on his role.At PAX East 2017, Telltale Games and Marvel's Bill Rosemann teased one of the episodic series' villains in addition to the newly revealed Thanos, and revealed the game's voice cast.Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series was announced at The Game Awards 2016 . At DICE 2017 it` was revealed the series will follow the Guardians after a major battle in which they discover a powerful artifact. Each of the Guardians wants the relic for different reasons, as does a villain who is the last of her kind.

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