Undead Labs

Some went back independent.

There was one that was purchased, Undead Labs.

We don't know about who did it, but Undead Labs has their game still coming out.

Ninja Theory is on the verge of closing.

They could not find a buyer.

Ultimately, I don't think it was a great idea, but it's what it is.

um okay moving on uh current undead heads undead labs head philip holt gave a little bit of an interview talking about what happened after xbox cut the studio loose and kind of like their worries and whatnot it's a long it's a long piece i'm not going to go over the whole thing um but it's just one of those things that

really makes you really like they weren't magnanimous they weren't just like here here's everything here's all the runway you need they had to fight tooth and nail for it now being able to do that is better than just being told you're you're out but also he was like they were looking for people to buy us and they did have interested people so that wasn't a lie again because when they first the announcements they talked about it but then he was like we're so close to done why don't we just buy ourselves Like we're really close.

And it took too long because they hadn't actually really kind of like GTA, which didn't really start until like 2022.

Earlier this year, Microsoft restructured its Xbox Game Studios brand, shuffling around a few studios under new management, such as Obsidian and Rare.

Others, such as Double Fine and Undead Labs, have gone independent.

Arkane Lyon, which developed Deathloop and the Dishonored games, has been a question mark.

According to French outlet Le Monde, Microsoft had wanted to close Arkane Lyon, but French labor laws require companies with more than 1,000 employees to spend three months looking for a new buyer before closing the studio.

Blame Microsoft for incoherent decision-making, says Sammy.

While the future of former first-party devs like Double Fine and Undead Labs has been determined, it's been a while since we've heard from Arcane Leon, the studio behind the acclaimed Dishonored games.

Now, an article by Le Monde, Payward, gives an insight into the struggles of the French studio as it races to find a buyer before the 13th of November deadline.

That's not long.

think Tim Stewart got demoted.

I've heard things about Undead Labs and some of these other studios.

It just felt like us just went crazy.

I don't know...

independent?

Yeah, State of Decay is independent.

Undead Labs bought themselves, so they're independent.

That's interesting.

But they're being given a chance.

Undead Labs.

Undead Labs? What's the...

That's the State of Decay studio.

Like, they're going independent.

But, uh, a bit of an update on their split from Xbox.

Undead Labs has talked a lot about, uh, what the split has looked like, revealing that it has made, uh, had to make some changes to State of Decay 3 following layoffs due to going, I think, I think not independent, but being...

Maybe they were in, they're independent now.

They were, there was talk that they were being purchased.

Earlier this week, Xbox laid off 268 people.

On top of that, the 1,600 jobs it cut earlier this year is shoved Obsidian into Bethesda, handed Halo to Activision, and said sayonara to Double Fine and Compulsion Games and State of Decay developer Undead Labs, and is primed to close Hellblade developer Ninja Theory.

See, I feel like we've talked about Xbox's CEO a lot, but other than what you've just mentioned, which we would have already talked about, we've not actually heard much from this fella.

No, he stays pretty quiet.

I'll never forget that.

It's just crazy, man.

So, Undead Labs, who are making State of Decay 3, they've announced today that it's completed its separate...

This was the 23rd of September.