State of Decay 3: console beta with crossplay, single-player pause and a new publisher
State of Decay 3 is still far from release, but Undead Labs head Philip Holt told the SabiansLastWatch YouTube channel how testing is going and what has changed in the game. Now the project is being tested only on PC: about 8 thousand people are participating in the beta, while there were about 2 thousand in the alpha.
The next step is beta on consoles with cross-play support. The studio has not announced exact dates, and the decision on an open test has not yet been made.
Focus on single-player
Despite the co-op, the core audience, according to Holt, will survive alone. For them, a full pause was added: while the player is in the menu, zombies do not attack him. The co-op is conceived as “the same game, only with friends”: the difficulty is adjusted to the number of participants, and certain survival parameters can be configured manually.
- Combat has been rebuilt from the ground up: melee combat, shooting and throwing weapons have become more tactical, and in a fight with a crowd it is often wiser to retreat.
- Communities have grown: you can develop several settlements at the same time and keep more than 12 survivors.
- Weather affects how cars control and how zombies notice the player. Crop failure due to rain and water shortages during drought are promised to be added in updates.
- There will be no face and body editor, but hairstyles, backpacks and clothes can be changed.
Without Microsoft
In September, Undead Labs left Xbox and became independent: the studio is owned by the employees themselves, and the rights to the State of Decay series remained with it. The split did not come without layoffs. The contract with the new publisher has already been signed, it will be announced soon, and the game will still be released on Game Pass on the release day.
State of Decay 3 is expected to release in 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC and PlayStation 5.
Source: vgtimes.ru