references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message undead labs industry computer and video games founded 2009 headquarters seattle washington usa key people jeff strain founder products state of decay website www.undeadlabs.com undead labs is an american seattle washington based game development studio which was founded in 2009 by jeff strain a former blizzard employee and one of the co founders of arenanet . 1 contents 1 history 2 games 3 references 4 external links history edit undead labs was founded in 2009 by jeff strain with the sole focus on zombie based games . on february 3 2011 undead labs announced that they were partnering with microsoft game studios to publish their games on the xbox 360 and now also the xbox one . 2 this decision was made after most of the other publishers who showed interest in the games was requesting what they described as world of warcraft clones . 3 the first game state of decay was released on the xbox 360 on june 5 2013 and on microsoft windows on november 5 2013 . 4 5 6 the game will act as a way to publicize their title more and also allow gamers to submit feedback to help tweak and refine the gameplay for their mmo codenamed class4 which will likely be released on xbox one and pc . on january 11 2014 it was announced that undead labs has signed a multi year multi title agreement with microsoft studios . 7 jeff strain stated that the first state of decay was just the start of undead labs long term ambitions and spoke of many future titles potentially entering the franchise . 8 games edit main articles state of decay video game and state of decay 2 state of decay formerly class3 is an open world zombie survival horror game but unlike games such as left 4 dead and dead island state of decay focuses more on survival stealth evasion distraction securing resources and moving through the world rather than actual zombie combat . on april 12 2013 the game was officially announced to release in june 2013 on xbox live arcade and microsoft windows at a future date . 9 state of decay was released on the xbox live marketplace on june 5 2013 . class4 is the codename for the followup to state of decay . little is known about the game other than it is planned to be one of the first massively multiplayer online games mmos to come to the xbox one . on august 5 2014 undead labs announced a free to play role playing title for ios and android known as moonrise . 10 after limited releases for ios in canada 11 denmark and sweden 12 on december 3 a beta was launched on steam in early march 13 followed by early access on may 27 . 14 unfortunately it was later cancelled . 15 android and ios were the original planned platforms for the worldwide release but the android version was never released as the game was still in beta when it closed . 16 during pax prime 2014 undead labs and microsoft announced a next gen version of state of decay titled state of decay year one survival edition . during e3 2016 undead labs and microsoft announced state of decay 2 to be released in 2017 . it will be an xbox play anywhere title ; one purchase will grant access to the windows 10 and xbox one version of the game . 17 references edit studio announcement . undead labs . november 23 2009 . retrieved february 4 2013 . undead labs and microsoft game studios to create zombie ... . undead labs . february 3 2011 . retrieved february 4 2013 . rude qa 2 . undead labs . february 3 2011 . retrieved february 4 2013 . rosenburg adam february 2 2011 . class3 coming to xbox live arcade . mtv multiplayer . retrieved february 4 2013 . mcelroy griffon february 3 2011 . jeff strain shares his vision for class3 a different kind of zombie game . joystiq . retrieved february 4 2013 . weathers sanya august 31 2012 . faq . undead labs . retrieved february 4 2013 . matulef jeffrey 11 january 2014 . state of decay dev signs multi year agreement with microsoft . eurogamer . gamer network . retrieved 11 january 2014 . sarkar samit april 20 2014 . state of decay s lifeline dlc is just the start of undead labs long term ambitions . polygon . retrieved july 4 2014 . sod release announced to be june 2013 . state of decay studio debuts mobile rpg moonrise . archived from the original on august 8 2014 . limited release canada . forums.undeadlabs.com . 2014 12 03 . retrieved 2016 03 11 . limited release denmark and sweden . forums.undeadlabs.com . 2014 12 03 . retrieved 2016 03 11 . moonrise ... coming to steam . forums.undeadlabs.com . 2015 03 04 . retrieved 2016 03 11 . now available on steam early access moonrise . valve . 2015 05 27 . retrieved 2016 03 11 . developer bio geoffrey card . archived from the original on october 17 2015 . jeff strain 2015 08 28 . the sun sets on moonrise . undead labs . retrieved 2016 03 11 . http www.xbox.com en us games xbox play anywhere external links edit official website class4 at top mmorpg 2014 list retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title undead labs & oldid 737201596 categories companies based in seattlevideo game companieshidden categories use mdy dates from may 2013articles lacking reliable references from march 2013all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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