- Windows Central journalist Jez Corden reported with reference to his own sources about conceptual differences between State of Decay 3 and other parts of the series. Developers are going to devote more time to the action story.
- The previous two games emphasized on gameplay. At the same time Corden did not specify whether the authors of State of Decay 3 are going to reveal more about the history of the universe or to make the action fully plot.
- The Windows Central journalist also noted that he heard from his own sources "a lot of good words about the graphics" of the game.
- Undead Labs announced State of Decay 3 during Microsoft's 2020 Gaming Division presentation. Since then, the developers have not revealed new details about the action game or shown gameplay.
- In 2022, the media reported about the problems with the development of the game due to the expansion of the company. Later it became known that specialists from The Coalition joined the work on the action game.
