Booty confirmed that State of Decay 3 is using UE5
Xbox Game Studios VP Matt Booty shared new details about State of Decay 3 ‘s zombie survivalist on a podcast with Larry Hryb .
He revealed that Undead Leads is working with Unreal Engine 5 experts at The Coalition to incorporate some of the technology used in the latest Gears of War games into their project . He added that he spent a whole day at Undead Leads in Seattle last week to get an update on the progress of State of Decay 3 production.
“So, you mentioned Undead Labs, they’re working with The Coalition up in Vancouver, our Gears of War studio, using some of the technology around Unreal 5 and some of the stuff that’s been in Gears of War before to bring that into State of Decay.”
Xbox’s Matt Booty
Matt also noted that the way the studio developed State of Decay 2 after release was, in fact, a “testing ground” for the next part of the series. The sequel, however, continues to grow and has reached a new milestone, surpassing the 11 million player mark to date.
State of Decay 3 is being created for Xbox Series X|S and PC. The game doesn’t have a release date yet.