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State of Decay 3 Hands-On: This Could Be the Punchier, Deeper Entry the Zombie Survival Series Needs - IGN
Publisher description: State of Decay 3 seems to be showing promise after playing an action-packed 30 minutes of an early alpha build.
NewsAPI | Aug 29, 2026 | Michael Higham
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It's been a tumultuous time for development teams around the Xbox umbrella, including Undead Labs which is in the process of changing ownership amid the "Xbox reset. " This left us with tons of questions about the state of its upcoming zombie-survival game State of Decay 3 and if it'd even see the light of day. My hope is that they'll be as impactful in the long-run as they were in the immediate hands-on I got. Smoother and punchier gunplay helps the moment-to-moment combat feel a lot better than previous entries.
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