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According to Undead Labs Senior Cinematographer Alan Dickfus’s LinkedIn profile, State of Decay 3 will feature in-game cinematics rather than pre-rendered ones.
Additionally, the LinkedIn profile of Simon Scherr, director of animation and technology at Undead Labs, reveals that Microsoft is developing a new studio under Undead Labs in Orlando, Florida. In addition to working on animation technology in Unreal Engine 5 for State of Decay 3, this new team is facilitating collaboration between animation technology studios and animation technology initiatives at Xbox Game Studios.
It was also previously reported that Undead Labs and The Coalition were working together to bring Unreal Engine 5-related Gears of War technology to State of Decay 3. Speaking during the podcast, Xbox Game Studios VP Matt Booty revealed that Undead Labs is working with by Unreal Engine 5 experts at The Coalition to incorporate some of the technology used in the development of Gears of War games into State of Play 3. He added that he spent the entire day at Undead Labs in Seattle. last week for an update on the progress of State of Decay 3.