One upcoming Xbox project that we still don't know much about is State of Decay 3 by the team at Undead Labs.
The Microsoft-owned developer has so far shared a brief announcement trailer, and apart from that, they've been hiring for the project. For those who are excited about the third game, you're not alone. Microsoft Gaming's CEO, Phil Spencer, is just as pumped for this one.
In a special appearance on Xbox Era's 100th podcast, Spencer was asked what he was looking forward to the most, and he's really excited for the third entry in this series after playing the second game:
"...this one's probably not that big of a surprise for people who have watched me play, but I was a big State of Decay 2 player...looking at State of Decay 3, I'm incredibly excited about some of the advancements they're going to make. They've had this pattern - they've talked about it publically from State of Decay 1, to 2, to 3 and what they want to do, and we haven't shown a lot [of SoD3]... it's a game I really enjoy playing, I'm a big co-op player, I like building, I like resourcing...and I'm really excited about where that team's going."
Spencer added how he didn't intend to "exclude anyone" and Xbox had "so many teams, that are doing so much great work" right now.
When State of Decay 3 does eventually arrive on the Xbox, it'll be made available on Xbox Game Pass. Are you looking forward to this next chapter in the series? Have you tried out any of the previous games? Leave a comment down below.
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State of Decay 2 is an excellent game on Series X/S.
State of Decay 2 is excellent. I hope that 3 is more than just an engine / graphics update and they make improvements to gameplay, ui etc.
While I am not hyped at the moment we only have a CGI trailer after all. It is certainly one I am keeping an eye on for the future.
This is the Xbox exclusive that I'm more excited for. And I can wait.
I hope SoD3 is awesome at launch. SoD2 didnt have a great time, but has definitely pulled it together with the content updates and upgrades.
Very excited about this game. I love SoD2. Every time they buy out a big update, I play through the game again. I’ve played through every map, and even played a couple of maps twice. I didn’t do much mp, though. Maybe I’ll try some more of that in the new game.
I'm hyped about the different weather effects.
C’mon, let’s be realistic…this is going to come out looking and playing janky. They said the same with 2. It’s a decent game if you give it chance to get into. But don’t expect this to be winning those new to the franchise over with its visuals and first impressions
@Bleachedsmiles MS has so many teams now, the others should give these guys a hand. Undead Labs (is that the studio name) should not be handling driving mechanics. Get one of the Forza teams to help or provide the libraries. Tweak from there. The Gears team can help with shooting and maybe the graphics. Bethesda studios can help with the mission design and character writing.
@theduckofdeath this is what happens with a lot of Sony first party games. Would be nice to see it happen more with Xbox studios
Shared my wishes and hopes for this many times before. But will still do so again.
Really, really, really, love to see a mode added where all the special zombies are not in. Just regular zombies. I'm really wanting an experience like from a George Romero movie.
But keep everything else the same with the game.
@theduckofdeathUndead "Labs Animation Director Simon Sherr via LinkedIn has revealed the studio is opening a new studio based in Orlando, Florida and that State of Decay 3 will be built using Unreal Engine 5."
This is supposed to be a cross-studio team, which will help Undead Lab with the previous 'janky' animations in SOD, so this sounds promising.
Given State of Decay 2 at the moment, I am more excited than Mr Spencer for State of Decay 3.
SOD2 is so good!!
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