State of Decay 2 is not Class4

When Undead Labs initially signed an exclusivity deal with Microsoft, it was for two zombie games. One was to be small scale, and received the code name Class3, and then the developer would use that experience to then create something akin to an MMO, Class4.

Class3 of course became State of Decay, but Director Jeff Strain revealed on a livestream on Twitch that State of Decay 2 is not Class4, and therefore not an MMO as such.

"This is not Class4, this is State of Decay 2. There's a big difference. You know, Class4 was something that we wanted to do probably in Summer 2009. The initial plan was to build a smaller game with Class3, that game became State of Decay, and then from there take it into a large scale online world experience with Class4."

"When we started development on State of Decay 2, that was still a plan that was in our mind, but again that's not what State of Decay fans were asking for. Very few people were saying "Gee, I hope State of Decay 2 is kind of an online MMO type experience". The thing that people were actually asking for was cooperative multiplayer."

It's refreshing to see that the project has adapted to gamers' tastes, and we look forward to hear more. For now, here's the announcement trailer.

Would you like to see an MMO from Undead Labs?