State of Decay 3 - The game stuck in pre-production and many internal problems

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State of Decay 3 is an upcoming open-world zombie survival video game developed by Undead Labs and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a sequel to the State of Decay 2 video game which was revealed to the general public during the Xbox event in July 2020, without a release date… And we understand why by reading Kotaku.

Indeed, our colleagues from Kotaku have just released a rather interesting long article which looks back on the development of State of Decay 3 and it seems that the title is still in pre-production and that it could last even more than a year! Yes, you read correctly, according to our colleagues Undead Labs has some development issues, but also internal issues.

You want to know more, so here is a summary of what emerges from the article:

Since the takeover of the Undead Labs studio by Microsoft in 2018, the workforce has exploded
It went very badly on the staff management side, the director having had trouble managing this transformation of the company
The management of the team is not good since the takeover of the studio by Microsoft, the teams being constantly changed missions and objectives
Many problems of harassment, sexism and other social unrest have taken place until recently (summer 2021)
However, Microsoft is trying to improve the culture within the company with training for all
The firm also announces inclusiveness with a team made up of 32% women or non-binary and 20% non-white, compared to 15% women and 12% non-white at the time of the acquisition.
Despite an inclusive environment, the studio fails to evolve as it should, because a “toxic” director is still at the helm of Undead Labs
Verdict, Microsoft had to intervene twice to resolve internal concerns and reduce tensions
We also learn that during the video announcement of State of Decay 3, the game did not really exist and that the developers of Undead Labs had to create a CGI video to show what the title could look like.
Since the announcement, the State of Decay 3 game is said to still be in pre-production and it could last for even more than a year or the team will come up with various prototypes.

Besides that, the dev team are pressured to release gameplay demos by the studio director who seems to be getting impatient…

Despite a development that seems chaotic, the article ends on a good basis and indicates that the atmosphere seems to have greatly improved within Undead Labs. At the house of GeekNPlaywe say to ourselves that it was time and we wish the Undead Labs team a lot of courage for the development of State of Decay 3.

At home, we were waiting for the game impatiently and it seems that we will have to wait a few more years before we can put our hands on it. And you, were you expecting State of Decay 3 ? Do not hesitate to let us know about GeekNPlay or on social networks Facebook and Twitter.