“This is our final update for State of Decay 2, but this is not the end of the journey!” Six years of updates come to a close today, with all in-game content unlocked for all players

State of Decay 2’s journey is finally over, and now the focus is on State of Decay 3.

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It’s a bitter sweet day for all theState of Decayfans in the world, myself included. After over six years of post-launch support adding new gameplay features, in-game content, and improvements…State of Decay 2has officially come to an end with its final update.

Undead Labs and supporting team Wushu Studios (whojoined with the popular “Curveball” update) have now released Update 38: Legacy Awaits across Xbox consoles and Windows PC. The update packs a ton of final bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements for the long-running co-op zombie-survival game, but also brings a last breath of life to State of Decay 2 for those not quite ready to let go.

For everyone else, the State of Decay team is now wholly dedicated to makingState of Decay 3a reality.

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The perfect final send-off for an amazing game

I have loved State of Decay 2 since the moment I first played it at launch, even with all its early oddities and bugs.

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Since then, the game has improved by leaps and bounds with38 differentcontent updates from Undead Labs and (later on) Wushu Studios. New features, new in-game events, major overhauls for existing mechanics, and countless bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. It had to end eventually, though, as most of Undead Lab has already been hard at work on the next entry in the SoD franchise for a while.

Oct. 22, 2024 marks the official end of State of Decay 2’s journey, with Update 38: Legacy Awaits announcing Undead Labs' full conversion to State of Decay 3’s development. We still have years to wait before State of Decay 3 actually arrives, though, so it’s a good thing this final update sets SoD 2 up for the long haul. Here’s a brief overview of what’s included in this update:

Undead Labs first announced the end of State of Decay 2’s development in September, and that day is sadly here. I am incredibly excited for State of Decay 3, though, and I’m honestly surprised (happily so) that State of Decay 2 enjoyed as much post-launch support as it did. You can check out myState of Decay 3 FAQfor all the info we currently have on what Undead Labs is now wholly focused on.

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If you want to read over the full changelog for State of Decay 2’s Update 38: Legacy Awaits, you can find that onSteam. State of Decay 2 is available now (and into the indefinite future) across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Xbox and PC Game Pass, so don’t hesitate to dive in to see what you may have been missing all this time.

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