I firmly believe State of Decay is Microsoft’s not-so-secret weapon in the increasingly voracious console war.
World of Warcraft lead programmer Jeff Strain left Blizzard to head up Undead Labs, and from day one, the end goal was a full-blown zombie apocalypse MMO.
State of Decay is not an MMO, however – it is purely single player. The game acts as proof of concept for Undead Labs’ long-term plans. To describe State of Decay and its Xbox One edition as prototypes is a disservice because I believe with conviction that this is amongst the best games on Xbox today.
Source: iMore