{"id":1977765,"date":"2026-06-07T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977765"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:39:02","slug":"state-of-decay-3-releases-2027-seven-years-after-it-was-first-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977765","title":{"rendered":"State of Decay 3 releases 2027, seven years after it was first announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/state-of-decay-3\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      State of Decay 3<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">State of Decay 3 releases 2027, seven years after it was first announced<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">It&#8217;s zom-been a while.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Image-from-State-of-Decay-3-showing-a-male-character-with-a-crossbow-and-a-backpack.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Image from State of Decay 3 showing a male character with a crossbow and a backpack\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Image-from-State-of-Decay-3-showing-a-male-character-with-a-crossbow-and-a-backpack.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"324\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Undead Labs<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-07T17:39:02+00:00\">June 7, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-releases-2027-seven-years-after-it-was-first-announced?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"20039ba6-ace9-4a98-8b00-69869ab6515b\" data-name=\"State of Decay 3\" data-follow-text=\"Follow State of Decay 3\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following State of Decay 3\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow State of Decay 3\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following State of Decay 3\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow State of Decay 3\" title=\"Follow State of Decay 3\"><br \/>\n  Follow State of Decay 3<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/state-of-decay-3\">State of Decay 3<\/a> is due to release next year, across Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 5 and PC. It will also be coming to Game Pass.<\/p>\n<p>State of Decay 3 is a co-op survival experience, and sees players building communities, shape settlements, and survive together in an open world. You can check out the new trailer for State of Decay 3, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-games-showcase-2026-live-report\">shared during this evening&#8217;s Xbox Games Showcase<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"State of Decay 3 - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q8LK86QqnyA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Q8LK86QqnyA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">State of Decay 3 &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>State of Decay 3 &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q8LK86QqnyA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>State of Decay 3 was initially announced back in July 2020, so just shy of six years ago. Things then went dark for a little while, and there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-report-details-troubled-development\">reports alleging sexism and mismanagement at developer Undead Labs in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The game subsequently reappeared with a new trailer in 2024. To accompany the trailer, studio head Philip Holt teased some of the ideas driving State of Decay 3&#8217;s development. &#8220;The first thing that I hope people pick up [from the trailer] is that there&#8217;s four player characters we&#8217;re highlighting,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-resurfaces-after-four-years-with-new-cinematic-trailer\">he explained at the time<\/a>, &#8220;three of them start in different places in the world &#8211; so we&#8217;re implying this idea of a shared world experience, not just a ride-along, and that the boundaries in which you can go off independently are going to be much, much greater than they were in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/state-of-decay-2\">State of Decay 2<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-reveal-trailer-wasnt-reflective-of-actual-game-says-studio-head\">Holt confirmed the 2020 reveal trailer was based entirely on &#8220;a concept&#8221; for the game<\/a>, and a major inclusion in said trailer won&#8217;t actually make it into the game: zombie animals.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere this evening, we got a look at Gears of War: E-Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">which unlike State of Decay 3 is skipping PlayStation 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/state-of-decay-3\">State of Decay 3<\/a> is due to release next year, across Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 5 and PC. It will also be coming to Game Pass.<\/p>\n<p>State of Decay 3 is a co-op survival experience, and sees players building communities, shape settlements, and survive together in an open world. You can check out the new trailer for State of Decay 3, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-games-showcase-2026-live-report\">shared during this evening&#8217;s Xbox Games Showcase<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"State of Decay 3 - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q8LK86QqnyA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Q8LK86QqnyA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">State of Decay 3 &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>State of Decay 3 &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q8LK86QqnyA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>State of Decay 3 was initially announced back in July 2020, so just shy of six years ago. Things then went dark for a little while, and there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-report-details-troubled-development\">reports alleging sexism and mismanagement at developer Undead Labs in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The game subsequently reappeared with a new trailer in 2024. To accompany the trailer, studio head Philip Holt teased some of the ideas driving State of Decay 3&#8217;s development. &#8220;The first thing that I hope people pick up [from the trailer] is that there&#8217;s four player characters we&#8217;re highlighting,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-resurfaces-after-four-years-with-new-cinematic-trailer\">he explained at the time<\/a>, &#8220;three of them start in different places in the world &#8211; so we&#8217;re implying this idea of a shared world experience, not just a ride-along, and that the boundaries in which you can go off independently are going to be much, much greater than they were in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/state-of-decay-2\">State of Decay 2<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/state-of-decay-3-reveal-trailer-wasnt-reflective-of-actual-game-says-studio-head\">Holt confirmed the 2020 reveal trailer was based entirely on &#8220;a concept&#8221; for the game<\/a>, and a major inclusion in said trailer won&#8217;t actually make it into the game: zombie animals.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere this evening, we got a look at Gears of War: E-Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gears-of-war-e-day-release-platform-skipping-ps5-rumour\">which unlike State of Decay 3 is skipping PlayStation 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News State of Decay 3 State of Decay 3 releases 2027, seven years after it was first announced It&#8217;s zom-been a while. 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