In July of this year, Microsoft announced the Xbox “reboot”, which included the announcement that Undead Labs would separate from Xbox Game Studios. The company will move to another publisher and will continue working on the project and release it in 2027, the announcement said. Against this backdrop, there are rumors that the game may not be included in Game Pass subscriptions due to a change in publisher. But now they’ve been refuted on the official Xbox blog.
exist Xbox line The Undead Labs team talked about future plans for State of Decay 3, but still haven’t specified who will be the project’s publisher. But for the first time since the Xbox reboot, they have reconfirmed that State of Decay 3 will be available on Game Pass from launch day, with the release still scheduled for 2027.
In the same article, Undead Labs announced that it is expanding its beta program for State of Decay 3. The developers plan to launch a closed beta before the end of 2026, which will allow more players to try the project. Already signed up for the test Available on the studio website. Let us remind you that the first alpha test started in April. They’re available in limited form, while plenty of gameplay has surfaced online, and reviews have been positive.
As the launch approaches, Undead Labs intends to gradually increase the number of test participants and expand the list of available platforms. Studio creative director Kevin Patzelt noted that the developers needed to conduct large-scale testing due to the largest open world in the series’ history and a new cooperative gameplay system that does not require players to be bound to each other.
State of Decay 3 is scheduled to be released in 2027. The project will be released on Xbox Series X|S, Playstation 5 and PC.
