One of the biggest surprise announcements of this past week’s Xbox Games Showcase was the reveal ofState of Decay 3. The surprise wasn’t entirely due to it being such a big announcement, but also becauseState of Decay 2is still receiving updates. There were a lot ofState of Decayfans and players wondering what theState of Decay 3announcement meant forState of Decay 2. Luckily, developer Undead Labs has since offered a comment on the matter.
On Twitter, a fan that asked Undead whether it meantState of Decay 2would stop being supported whenState of Decay 3comes out. Undead Labs responded with an answer that should make allState of Decayfans happy. According to Undead, the team is committed to “supporting and continually improving"State of Decay 2. “We are not done with SoD2,” is the full extent of Undead Labs' commitment.
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Further, to cement the point, Undead Labs confirms that it has anupdate coming forState of Decay 2later in July. Update 19: Riding Shotgun is in the works and Undead Lab has since confirmed a livestream detailing the update on July 29. The stream will go over the upcoming patches notes.
Beyond Update 19, however,State of Decay 2playerswill have to find out what Undead Labs has planned. Judging from the Twitter reply, Update 19 won’t be the end ofState of Decay 2’s support. But that doesn’t meanState of Decay 2will be supported forever.
One thing that’s especially notable from Undead Labs' reply is that it doesn’t address whether support forState of Decay 2will last up to therelease ofState of Decay 3or if it will end when the sequel launches. The implication being thatState of Decay 2support probably won’t go that far, and likely won’t last anywhere near that long.
State of Decay 3is likely some time away from release. No gameplay was shown of the new game, so no one should expect it anytime soon. Undead Labs also confirmed recently thatState of Decay 3is in pre-production.State of Decay 2will maintain Undead’s focus at least until the push towardState of Decay 3’s launch is approaching.
State of Decay 3is in development for PC and Xbox Series X.
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