While there aren’t any plot or gameplay details in the trailer, there’s still a bit to unpack. Our first and only look at State of Decay 3 is the cinematic announcement released by Microsoft in July 2020. It’s unlikely that the game will be released during a timeframe where new games are still being featured on last-gen consoles.
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Platformsīeing published by Xbox Game Studios, State of Decay 3 will be available on the Xbox Series X, Series S, and PC. It appears the project is still in pre-production and the situation at Undead Labs doesn’t bode well for a release anytime soon. A March 2022 investigative report from Kotaku outlined Undead Labs’ massive culture shift after it was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 which has resulted in allegations of mismanagement, burnout, and misogyny. According to reports, Undead Labs was pressured into releasing an announcement trailer before developers felt like they were ready to do so. When the cinematic announcement trailer was released at the Xbox Games Showcase event in July 2020, Undead Labs said the game was in the early pre-production stages. However, it is still unclear when State of Decay 3 will come out.Neither Undead Labs nor Microsoft has announced a release date for State of Decay 3, which means it will be a while before we see the much-anticipated sequel. Some developers are still optimistic about the game’s future despite all the problems.Undead Labs divided developers into several teams to prototype new features, but it led to confusion because “there was no consistency with who worked on what system.” The leadership also allegedly asked the QA team to not log multiplayer bugs to “show artificial progress” on State of Decay 3.
He was using this as leverage to further his own career and image, at the cost of the developers.”
According to one former developer, Holt has been putting pressure on the team instead of trying to find a compromise with Xbox: “Philip was pushing us because he was obsessed with proving himself as a leader inside Xbox Game Studios. The team didn’t want to announce the game in 2020, and management panicked when Microsoft started requesting internal demos. All these problems affected the State of Decay 3 development. On top of that, they accused the studio’s leadership of mismanagement. These allegations aside, current and former employees said that some employees experienced bullying, sexism, and other forms of discrimination. 
However, she said that her departure was part of a “planned reorganization at the studio.”
After Microsoft conducted a review following numerous complaints, Schlosser quietly left Undead Labs. She also noted that she implemented new hiring practices “that increased workforce diversity by more than 30 percent.” Schlosser, however, denied these allegations, telling Kotaku that she would never tolerate that kind of behavior. “It got to the point where nearly every week, someone would sob on a video call with me, because I was the only one who would listen to them,” one current developer said. She also allegedly ignored complaints and offered people excuses instead of actual support. However, some employees said that Schlosser did little to confront discrimination and even sided with toxic and sexist people. Considering her HR experience at companies like Dell and Microsoft, she should have helped bring Undead Labs’ culture to a new level. During that time, Undead Labs hired Anne Schlosser as the studio’s first head of people and culture. According to the report, some of the problems started in 2019, soon after Strain left the studio and ArenaNet head of development Philip Holt became the chief of staff. Strain responded to Kotaku’s questions in a separate post on Medium, saying that he has been trying to find potential buyers for Undead Labs instead of bragging about independence. Most employees were surprised by Microsoft’s announcement of the Undead Labs acquisition at E3 2018, taking into account founder Jeff Strain’s previous comments about the studio’s desire to stay independent. Although some of them think that the studio is a good place to work at and can be improved, others call the last few years since the acquisition a “period of crisis.” Key takeaways Kotaku reported the internal problems at Undead Labs on March 31, speaking with 12 current and former employees.
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