State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition Announced
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Following a summer of near-silence, Undead Labs has announced plans to combine their zombie-infested action RPG State of Decay, its Breakdown and Lifeline DLC add-ons, and a handful of other content into a single "Year One Survival Edition" that will be released on Microsoft's Xbox One console in the not-too-distant future. Hopefully this eventually makes it to the PC, too:
Hell yes, we're making State of Decay for Xbox One!
Man, it felt good to write that. There's a huge difference between (We think it's a good idea and we're seriously considering it), and (Hell yes, we're working hard on it right now.) It's generally a good idea to wait until you can say (hell yes), because until then, Things Can Change, but we've crossed that threshold for State of Decay on Xbox One.
State of Decay is coming to Xbox One via the State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition. While we're still very much in development, here's what I can tell you today.
First, we're remastering the game in glorious 1080p, with sharper textures, a refined user interface, and more environment detail. We're also taking advantage of the more powerful hardware by remastering and adding new environment effects, and increasing the fidelity and smoothness of character and zombie animations throughout the game. And along with these visual enhancements, we'll ensure the game runs at a rock-solid frame rate and polish out a few glitches along the way.
Next, we're creating some new content not an entire DLC's worth, but a few cool new mission types, new weapons, vehicles, and perhaps a hero or two. We'll also be making some of your favorite characters from Lifeline (yes, Sasquatch) available as playable characters in Breakdown, and taking some of the new base options from Lifeline and making them available in Breakdown and the core State of Decay game. And then we'll throw in half an hour of new music from State of Decay composer Jesper Kyd.
Finally, we're bundling both Breakdown and Lifeline DLC releases into the game to create the ultimate State of Decay experience.
