"It was a pretty harrowing three months" – Undead Labs head Philip Holt on what happened after Xbox cut the studio loose

By Lewis Packwood · GamesIndustry.biz · Monday, 26 October 2026 at 13:30 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

Back in July, Xbox announced plans to divest five studios. Among them was State of Decay maker Undead Labs, which Microsoft had acquired back in 2018.

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