Reportage highlights the development problems of State of Decay 3 – Fourals.com

Kotaku’s post sheds light on its development problems State of Decay 3 of Undead Labs. There are allegations of sexism and mismanagement in the Microsoft studio, which create the image of a project that has not yet found its way, long after its revelation. It was reported that the female employees were ignored or considered responsible for the problems during the meetings, while they also became the target of sexist comments. In 2018, when Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft, staff expressed concerns about the culture change that had been imposed. Now they say Microsoft should have done a lot more.

The transfer of the studio’s responsibility from Jeff Strain to former ArenaNet CEO Philip and the inaction of Anne Schlosser, head of human resources, are said to have been the source of much of the tension. Just last summer, Microsoft decided to intervene, Schlosser left, but the damage had already been done and several staff members left.

Holt’s plans for demos of the game within the company also created problems, which resulted in additional resignations and a loss of commitment to the project. Now, the opinion of employees on the course of development is divided. Some argue that the game is slowly finding its way and others express concern about the continuation, after the departure of a large percentage of their colleagues, after the assumption of duties by the new leadership.