{"id":562606,"date":"2026-04-03T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562606\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:07:08","slug":"state-of-decay-3-proves-its-not-dead-with-new-alpha-playtest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/562606\/","title":{"rendered":"State Of Decay 3 Proves Its Not Dead With New Alpha Playtest"},"content":{"rendered":"

State of Decay 3 lives. The zombie survival crafting sequel<\/a> from Undead Labs just announced its first alpha playtest as it looks to get feedback on the game it\u2019s been working on for over six years now.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting next month, we\u2019ll be hosting a series of alpha playtests with the community,\u201d franchise co-creator Brant Fitzgerald said in a new YouTube video. \u201cListen, I\u2019m not going to spoil the surprise for you, but I can say that it will feature 4-player co-op, some new base building and resource strategies, and a whole lot of combat. If scavenging supplies in the middle of a zombie outbreak sounds fun to you, then grab your ruck, pack some mags, and head over to our website to find more information and register for a chance to be included in the alpha.\u201d<\/p>\n

First revealed back during Xbox\u2019s 2020 summer showcase, State of Decay 3 has proved an unwieldy project for the Seattle-based studio to wrangle as it tries to expand on the ambition<\/a> of the last game while improving on all of the things fans want to carry over from its multiplayer sandbox. The game reappeared during Microsoft\u2019s 2024 summer showcase, but there has been no public update on the state of the game in the years since.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been keeping a close eye on what you liked about State of Decay 2 and what you didn\u2019t,\u201d Fitzgerald said in today\u2019s video. \u201cWe\u2019ve read your feedback on Discord. We\u2019ve watched your gameplay clips and live streams on YouTube. And through it all we\u2019ve seen how powerful and tight-knit this community is. And that\u2019s all you got to do, guys. It became clear the community is survival and that we need your help. And if you\u2019ve made it this far, great.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project has remained in development all these years even as many others across Microsoft\u2019s publishing portfolio have been cut. While an alpha test might indicate that State of Decay 3 is finally getting closer to launch, it could also indicate that Undead Labs is learning the lessons of lots of lots of other recent live-service fumbles and trying to get what it has into players\u2019 hands as soon as possible so it can course-correct as needed. We\u2019ll see if a bigger reveal pops up at Xbox\u2019s recently confirmed June gaming showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State of Decay 3 lives. The zombie survival crafting sequel from Undead Labs just announced its first alpha…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[249143,74],"class_list":["post-562606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-state-of-decay-3","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}