State of Decay studio signs new multi-title deal with Microsoft

Undead Labs has signed a multi-year, multi-title agreement with Microsoft Studios, ensuring the State of Decay creators will remain under the Microsoft banner.

Ozzie Mejia

January 10, 2014 4:15 PM

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Microsoft Studios is very happy with State of Decay developer Undead Labs. That's to be expected, since their open-world zombie survival game became the fasting selling original game ever to hit Xbox Live Arcade. The studio's efforts have not gone unrewarded, as founder Jeff Strain has announced a new multi-year, multi-title agreement with Microsoft.

"I wanted to let you know we've signed a multi-year, multi-title agreement to extend our development relationship with Microsoft Studios," Strain wrote on the Undead Labs blog (via Polygon). "We'll be able to share details later this year, but as with State of Decay, we think it's best if we just keep our heads down and build some prototypes before we talk too much. For now, suffice it to say there are big things going on with State of Decay."

The big things that Strain alludes to will likely include an Xbox One follow-up to State of Decay.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?