

The State of Decay developer is looking for a sound designer to help make sound effects explicitly for State of Decay 3, the upcoming zombie horror survival game. This is not the first time that Microsoft has been accused of being too hands-off with its first party studios, apparently a knee jerk reaction to complaints that it had previously been too controlling.Īlthough there have been no report of toxic workplace conditions, new studio The Initiative is said to have lost 50% of its employees in recent months, including almost all senior staff – forcing Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics to be brought in to work on the Perfect Dark reboot. It looks like Undead Labs will make State of Decay 3 using Unreal Engine 5, according to a new job ad. The prominent (and scary) zombiefied deer in the trailer also makes us hope that there's an expanded amount of wildlife to worry about, both of the infected and normal sort.PlayStation Stars gives you better customer support the more games you buy The cold weather that's featured prominently might mean warmth and shelter mechanics could enter the field of play, too, making survival even more challenging While the one trailer we have for the game is entirely CGI, it nonetheless helps us to glean some information about what the game might include when it releases.įor one thing, it confirms that we'll again be having to concentrate on survival by scavenging and hunting for food. We also expect the game to hit Game Pass on its release date, as another reason to sign up to Microsoft's great subscription service. Since the developer is now owned by Microsoft Studios, you can be almost certain that it'll only come out on Xbox and PC. Where we can be a little more confident, though, is around the platforms it'll appear on. It was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase in July 2020. That's an exciting collaboration but doesn't get us any closer to a release date. State of Decay 3 is an open world survival game developed by Undead Labs and published by Microsoft.

In September 2022 Xbox's Matt Booty confirmed that Undead Labs is working with Gears of War devs The Coalition on the game, and making it in Unreal Engine 5, collaborating to bring some tech from Gears of War into the game. That makes it sound like we might not have to wait too long for a bit more information to appear. There has been a little noise on that front, though, with Phil Spencer mentioning in March 2022 that he's been trying out the game and is hugely impressed by how it iterates on the previous title in the series. The trailer doesn't end with any sort of release window, so we're sadly in the dark when it comes to an expected release date for State of Decay 3. State of Decay 3 release date and platforms It's an atmospheric and fairly brief piece, but gets across the tone that the game is likely to be shooting for - with a clever inversion of what you'd expect to see while out hunting. The only really concrete bit of public information about the next State of Decay came way back in mid-2020, when we got the pre-rendered trailer you can see below. Now there's a third game on the way, and while much about the game is still under wraps, we've gathered all of the key details for you right here.
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Best upcoming games for Xbox Series X and Series S: Top next-gen games.(Pocket-lint) - The State of Decay series might not have been a huge AAA franchise from the first second, but it's quietly grown into one with a cult following, and that success has been confirmed by Microsoft purchasing its developer Undead Labs in 2018.
