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[Video] Watch the ‘Friday the 13th: The Game’ Developers Play Upcoming Single Player Challenges
“Every challenge is going to have five storyline-based objectives.”
The recent addition of offline bots for Friday the 13th: The Game was a real game-changer, quite literally, allowing you to slice and dice the counselors without having to wait for other players. Offline solo play is the game’s only single player offering at this moment in time, but single player storyline challenges are coming very, very soon.
Every update that’s been announced since February 9th will be part of the game’s next major update, including a brand new game engine and, most notably, the hotly-anticipated Single Player Challenges. The challenges will essentially allow you to make your own little slasher movies, with pre-set objectives built into a playable storyline.
On Twitch last night, developers Wes and Dan previewed the Single Player Challenges, playing through two of the challenges and telling you everything you need to know.
Watch the video below, if you missed it live last night!
Overshadowing the announcement of Ninja Theory’s third entry in the Hellblade series earlier this month were reports that the developer was facing possible closure by Microsoft, alongside South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games and Double Fine. Now according to a new story by GamesBeat, another developer under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella is potentially facing closure in Undead Labs, who are currently working on State of Decay 3.
Earlier this month, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had announced that Microsoft was in the process of ‘resetting’ Xbox. That resulted in a report by Bloomberg during Summer Game Fest that revealed that multiple developers were negotiating with Microsoft to spin off of Xbox to avoid closing down. Now, according to the GamesBeat report, Undead Labs is now part of that group of developers negotiating to be bought to avoid layoffs.
The article states that Undead Labs could lose 110 jobs if it were shut down, while Compulsion could lose 90 jobs, Ninja Theory could lose 135 jobs, and Double Fine Productions could lose 100 jobs.
Other developers and publishers at Microsoft also reportedly face cuts, including Blizzard, id Software and Bethesda.
Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft back in 2018, with State of Decay 3 being announced in 2020. News on the development of the game was quiet until 2024, when a new trailer was released. Updates on the game again were hard to come by until last January when then-Xbox Game Studios lead Craig Duncan revealed that development was still very much alive. That was followed up this month with an official announcement that State of Decay 3 would be coming next year to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store.
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