Undead Labs

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Undead Labs LLC
legal form Limited Liability Company
founding November 23, 2009
Seat Seattle, Washington,
United States
management Ted Woolsey
Number of employees ~ 60 (2018)
Branch Software development
Website www.undeadlabs.com

Undead Labs LLC is an American video game development studio based in Seattle , Washington . Undead Labs was founded by Jeff Strain in November 2009 and developed the zombie game State of Decay . Undead Labs has been a Microsoft subsidiary since June 2018 .

history

Undead Labs was founded on November 23, 2009 by Jeff Strain with a focus on zombie-based games. On February 3, 2011, Undead Labs announced that they were partnering with Microsoft Game Studios to bring their games to the Xbox 360 and now the Xbox One . State of Decay was released for Xbox 360 on June 5, 2013 and for Windows on November 5, 2013.

On January 11, 2014, it was announced that Undead Labs had signed a multi-year, multi-title agreement with Microsoft Studios. Jeff Strain said the first State of Decay marked the "beginning of (Undead Labs) long-term ambitions," and spoke of many future titles that may be added to the franchise.

On June 10, 2018, during E3 2018, it was announced that Undead Labs had been acquired by Microsoft and is now part of Microsoft Studios (now known as Xbox Game Studios ).

Games

On August 5, 2014, Undead Labs announced a free RPG title for Android and iOS called Moonrise. After limited releases for iOS in Kanda, Denmark and Sweden on December 3, 2014, a beta was started on Steam at the beginning of March 2015, followed by Early Access on May 27, 2015. The game was canceled after 4 months in Early Access. Android and iOS were the originally planned platforms for global release, but the Android version was never released as the game was still in beta at the time of the crush.

title Platform (s) Initial release
State of Decay Windows, Xbox 360 2013
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition Windows, Xbox One 2015
State of Decay 2 Windows, Xbox One 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mmmm, Brains! Undead Labs to Develop Console-based Zombie MMO. In: Undead Labs. November 23, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Undead Labs and Microsoft Game Studios to Create Zombie Survival Franchise on Xbox 360. In: Undead Labs. February 3, 2011, accessed January 12, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity. Retrieved January 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Gaming articles on Engadget. Retrieved January 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jeffrey Matulef: State of Decay dev signs multi-year agreement with Microsoft. In: Eurogamer. January 11, 2014, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Samit Sarkar: State of Decay's Lifeline DLC is just the start of Undead Labs' 'long-term ambitions'. April 20, 2014, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Microsoft Game Studios just added five new studios including Ninja Theory. In: VentureBeat. June 10, 2018, accessed January 12, 2020 (American English).
  8. ↑ Zoe Delahunty-Light 2017-01-18T12: 44: 03.17Z: Here's 14 gifs that prove Agony is already the most horrific game of 2017. Retrieved on January 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Limited Release - Canada! | Undead Labs Forums. March 12, 2016, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Limited Release - Denmark and Sweden! | Undead Labs Forums. March 12, 2016, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  11. ^ Moonrise ... Coming to Steam | Undead Labs Forums. March 12, 2016, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Michael McWhertor: Undead Labs' Moonrise Comes to Steam Early Access on May 27 , May 22, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Undead Labs cancels Moonrise after four months in Early Access. In: VG247. September 3, 2015, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  14. ^ The Sun Sets on Moonrise. In: Undead Labs. August 28, 2015, accessed January 12, 2020 (American English).