systemr123
Banned
It will probably be decayed, uh I mean delayed for a few more years after that.
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DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
PakiChilli
Banned
Not too bothered about this game, however MS should be slammed for announcing games so soon knowing damn well they won't be releasing.
This.
Hellblade!
This.
Hellblade!
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Next-gen is gonna be
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Gotta sell those consoles and GP subscriptions using FOMO.
Topher
Identifies as young
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
The reason for the delay isn't the engine.
It's because pretty much the entire team left soon after Microsoft acquired them. The game had to be rebooted, and it is in development hell because of Microsoft's mismanagement of the studio.
"In fact, reports Kotaku, Undead Labs was pressured into announcing State of Decay 3 at the Xbox Games Showcase in July 2020 well before developers felt the game was ready for it. That, said Undead Labs veterans, was followed by a rushed internal demo for Microsoft leadership, that accelerated their feeling of disarray.
State of Decay 3, according to unnamed sources cited by Kotaku, was supposed to have two more internal demonstrations in the fall of 2021, and Philip Holt, the studio executive brought in as Undead Labs’ chief of staff after Microsoft acquired the studio in 2018, wanted both to include actual gameplay. Developers “revolted,” according to the report, considering the work and crunch that would be necessary to get the project o such a state. While Holt relented, the disruption still pushed a lot of Undead Labs veterans out the door, developers said."
https://www.polygon.com/23005362/st...d-canceled-release-date-undead-labs-microsoft
Negotiator101
Member
Why are we taking a release date from this guy? Looks like he's freelance for starters, but let's take his word for it to start another Xbox shitshow thread 
trent_the_gent
Banned
I still maintain that Hellblade 2 is pretty much 100% vapourware at the moment.
They've basically shown a couple of trailers that could easily just be unplayable pre renders and a clip of some actors doing mo-cap.
Varteras
Member
Oh wow. I had no idea. I knew a number of Xbox studios were having issues, some more than others, but that must have been real disheartening for the team. No sooner get bought and you're treated like shit right off the bat.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
While I agree with the nature of the trailers they showed, I don't think it's vaporware. It has a 2024 release date now.
NinjaTheory also tweeted that the game is now fully
Portugeezer
Member
Probably will still come out before Hellblade 2.
cormack12
Gold Member
SoD 2 has been heavily improved and is a really solid game (and a good leap over 1). This is really disappointing and miles out.
I hope they use the time to at least push some conceptual updates to SoD 2 because 2 already feels like it is a game that needs that modnerisation and effort to turn it from B tier into the A tier.
I hope they use the time to at least push some conceptual updates to SoD 2 because 2 already feels like it is a game that needs that modnerisation and effort to turn it from B tier into the A tier.
VN1X
Banned
7 years is not normal. It's only ballooned because of incompetence.
Horseganador
Member
The smoke sale that Xbox made in 2019-2020 is incredible.
-Everwild - 2019 - In 2023 we have not seen anything yet
-State of Decay 3 2020 - Seeing the info in the thread, it is going to be long.
-Hellblade 2 - It's supposed to come out next year...but gameplay hasn't been seen yet.
-Perfect dark - The initiative started it (many left...), now Crystal Dynamics is with it (they have also fired people), nothing has been seen.
-Fable - this year we saw something, no gameplay or date, we learned that Eidos Montreal is helping them recently.
- Avowed - we saw gameplay this E3 and it has a date for 2024.
And those that remain...
-Everwild - 2019 - In 2023 we have not seen anything yet
-State of Decay 3 2020 - Seeing the info in the thread, it is going to be long.
-Hellblade 2 - It's supposed to come out next year...but gameplay hasn't been seen yet.
-Perfect dark - The initiative started it (many left...), now Crystal Dynamics is with it (they have also fired people), nothing has been seen.
-Fable - this year we saw something, no gameplay or date, we learned that Eidos Montreal is helping them recently.
- Avowed - we saw gameplay this E3 and it has a date for 2024.
And those that remain...
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I didn't make it 1 hour into 1 and 2. Maybe they get better but the series never grabbed me at all. Can't say I really care when this comes out. I'll try it I guess.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Insomniac is about to ship their 3rd PS5 game and people are trying to justify 7 year dev cycles, come on bro.
GHG
Member
They are impressionable and need something to believe in.
There's no other logical explanation.
I get it that he's that guy that whispers sweet nothings in your ear, but at some point I expected people to wake up after all the bs he spewed over many years. I do see people have stopped being so radical in regards to him (their love that is) after so much drama over the last couple of years, but complete mismanagement of studios and the many lies you'd have expected people to distance themselves from him a long time ago. The only explanation I can come up with is that he's that guy who opened fast food joint (GamePass) in your village that everyone is addicted to.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Imagine you get your shiny new console, and watch a teaser trailer for an upcoming sequel during a show.
Except it’s not releasing on your brand new console. It’ll be on the next one lol.
Except it’s not releasing on your brand new console. It’ll be on the next one lol.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Insomniac has 3 studios under their umbrella. Two of their three studios is making formulaic Spiderman games which allows 5 year dev times. For studios working on something new and/or more ambitious projects...6+ years is the norm.
StueyDuck
Member
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
We haven't seen SoD3 so we don't know how closely it resembles SoD2. Spiderman 2 and 1 look pretty damn similar.
Plus, isn't SoD3 supposed to be their big MMO? If that's the case, expect a delay to 2028.
nowhat
Gold Member
...and how is State of Decay 3 new and/or ambitious?
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
We haven't seen it yet. We don't know. There are rumors that it's supposed to be the original vision the team had, but couldn't achieve, since the first. IE a big survival MMO with huge player counts.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
digoutyoursoul
Member
All hail Phil and the marvellous Matt Booty
FlyyGOD
Member
Yet the road map by Microsoft for games this year and next year is pretty impressive.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
One year before the Series X 2. Will wait for the remake/remaster.
SportsFan581
Member
Any time they show a trailer that doesn't even have mockup game play in it, I automatically assume it is nowhere near ready. 7yrs really isn't that exaggerated today, games take a long time to make, plus they did quite a bit of post release support on SoD2.
TastyPastry
Member
dude that's hilarious. one year later the next xbox generation starts. great gen microsoft.
H From Steps
Member
exactly would make sense giving the timeframe UE came out and 2027
Die Namek Ability
Member
And yet here come the clowns ready to pick up thier swords and shields, quite the phenomenon.
StueyDuck
Member
Lol oh well we haven't seen wolverine but i guess thats formulaic too..
But for some reason SoD3 is pushing the medium forward and is ambitious now apparently.
The mmo was canceled from what I remember. SoD3 is just a sequel
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Where are you getting that from?
That was my best guess from my memory of early developer interviews from back in the day.
From my quick Google search, almost nothing is known about the game. It could be a safe sequel...it could be the MMO.
Long story short, it's probably foolish to judge the development progress of a game before we even see it.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I feel like Xbox hears the things haters say and are like, oh come on, we can do even worse.