#Xbox state of decay 3 update
It was this environment that led to the arrival of Anne Schlosser, the first head of people and culture, who was introduced as coming in to update the company’s practices. In response, Kotaku contacted various officials at Undead Labs to get their take on their recent track record in this area, with a high rate of hiring of women, non-binary people and other groups. This is followed by various statements reporting experiences that women’s roles in the studio were minimised to that of negotiators or that they were dismissed on basic things like their knowledge of video games. “Women were constantly ignored, dismissed, silenced and blamed.”- Undead Labs employee “The studio was really about executives painting a DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) face for Microsoft while women were constantly ignored, dismissed, silenced and blamed.” “When I interviewed Lab staff, I was presented with the idea that it was a studio in transition, prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion,” explains a former employee. According to Kotaku sources, “this friction is compounded by discrimination against female employees, non-binary and other marginalised groups.” “The development milestones consisted of a bunch of disjointed features that weren’t about making a fun game, but rather about checking items off a list.” If this problem holds back the team’s progress, employees also point to a lot of negativity and friction with some colleagues. “The development milestones were a bunch of features that felt more like they were put there so that we could check them off the list”, – an Undead Labs employee “The testing team worked really hard, pointing out all the bugs and trying to fix them,” explains one former employee, “but the executives ignored those concerns and said things like ‘Don’t log multiplayer bugs’ to show artificial progression.
Kotaku was able to speak with 12 current and former Undead Labs employees, and it was revealed that the studio has fallen into a state of collapse in the wake of the mentioned Microsoft acquisition. Sources cite an “inconsistent” development system In addition, after the acquisition by Microsoft, it seemed that the studio had sufficient resources to develop the game without any significant problems, but the new information suggests that it is not just a lack of material. Recent news about the game includes support for the development studio and a new signing for the team. Undead Labs has carved out a niche for itself in the gaming world with its State of Decay offering, which has raised player expectations for the third instalment.
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