Everybody who has been following their title knows exactly who they are, but those of you who are wondering “What does Undead Labs make?” your answer is on the way.
Currently the team is working hard on an arcade game codenamed ‘class3′. This will essentially be a taste of their other project that is codenamed ‘class4′ which is a Zombie MMO coming exclusively to the Xbox 360.
The team is filled with people who practically dream about our half-dead friends, and they are working hard to bring our dreams to life with a zombie survival title that allows you and your friends to put your zombie outbreak discussions to rest.
What does it mean?
I´d played both State of Decay games and I can safely say that this teaser image has nothing to do with it.
New Next Gen IP? O.o
Why are they teasing a new game when state of decay isn’t even close to being released?? Let’s not pull a Bethesda and insomniac
Please focus on state of decay 3.. I’ve been waiting patiently lol
One of the comments is quite interesting:
Asked deepseek again with New images **"State of Decay 3: TEMPEST"**
(or "WINDS" / "STORM")
featuring:
**A survival system with up to 8 survivors** in a dynamic environment (floods, winds, resource scarcity).
### Key Elements Explained:
1. **"TEMPEST" / "STORM"**
→ From the repeated character **风 (fēng) - "wind"**, implying extreme weather as a core mechanic.
2. **Up to 8 survivors**
→ From **八 (bā) - "eight"** + **人多 (rén duō) - "many people"**, suggesting squad size limits.
3. **Dynamic Environment**
→ References to **水 (shuǐ) - "water"** (floods) and **风 (fēng)** (storms) signal environmental threats.
4. **Resource Struggle**
→ **米 (mǐ) - "rice"** and **木 (mù) - "wood"** hint at survival mechanics (food, building).
"Today we are excited to announce that the Undead Labs Studio Head and Founder, Jeff Strain, is launching an exciting new initiative."
Great to see that all of Microsoft's new studios are seeing growth now that they are a part of Xbox Game Studios.
Phil Spencer is not only acquiring new studios he ´s making them bigger and better. Great job, Phil!
A studio not headquatered in Washington or California? I..I need to sit down..
Now that the acquisition has slowed down, it all about heavily investing in the studios. We already saw great talent reaching Obsidian, Playground games. the initiative and the Inxile. Ninja theory in the midst of building a new studio in Cambridge and now undead labs are starting a new one.
The only studio that has been under the radar is Compulsion games.
As rumours of ArenaNet employee layoffs have been appearing today, Undead Labs sends a message of support and says that they will do everything they can "to help people find their next great opportunity" and that they will do "their best to coordinate" the job opportunities "with the entire Xbox Game Studios family".
"We’ll do our best to coordinate with the entire Xbox Game Studios family to ensure we have broad representation of opportunity within all of our studios."
