Well well, I'm being a little bit tricky with the title =P Controversies are always cool, though!

For those who don't know, State of Decay is an upcoming XBLA title (Plans for PC release are as well, but no date has been confirmed yet) that is aiming to please fans of the zombie apocalypse-based games, with surviving the night and all that stuff.

Many people is just waiting for the E3 to see new games, especially those focused on the Xbox One, but State of Decay is almost there, boys. June 5 is the deadline.

I know what people's thinking. "Oh, crap, another zombie game". But wait! State of Decay is focused on a free-roam, open world sandbox combined with building bases (tower defense, perhaps?), getting resources wherever you find them, establish a community of survivors and so on. The game is being developed by Undead Labs.

The game is one of the most expensives to hit XBLA: 1600 Microsoft Points (20$), which has been only matched by Minecraft:XBLA edition.

If you want to see more of this, check the intro and some gameplay courtesy of IGN:

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Right now, The Last of Us is the center of attention, with the demo being released a few days ago for those who purchased God of War: Ascension. It's promising and it's shaping up to be one of the best games - not only of the year, but of the seventh generation itself -. But what about this? You'd think State of Decay can fight against a giant of the industry such as Naughty Dog? Do you think it will be better? Or it doesn't stand a chance? Will you be buying both? None? Only TLOU? Tell us!

I dont think that State of Decay can stand againts TLoU. They shall make a big AAA exclusive, not a XBLA game.

DayZ, alternative to both?

I'll probably get all three ;)

Well, Journey stole the Game of The year in several websites, and that's an Indie game. An XBLA game can be strong enough to stand agains a big AAA if done correctly.

Who knows, maybe.

I heard about it and watched a few videos an yt. Looks really nice but I think it's nowhere as "big" as tlou but this doesn't mean it will be less fun! Awaiting reviews.

Hahaha you made me laugh. But seriously no. It's as much of an alternative as Unearthed Trail of Ibn Battuta is an alternative to Uncharted 3.

As for the game itself, I've seen a preview of it if I recall correctly and not mix it with any other zombie open world game, and there are a lot of them right now. And it looked rather bad, unpolished game with a rather low budget.

I wanted to get a bit controversial, you know. Just for the lulz xD

Well, at least this still makes sense in *some* way while other comparisons... Well, let's say this is definitely one of better ones! Also thanks for reminding me again on this title. Sadly, I have to say that the lod seems quite bad in this game but perhaps this improves until it gets released.

Seems like a very cool game, thanks for bringing this to my attention!