A couple of years ago, the Xbox One was seen as a perfectly alright console that was being completely outclassed on the first-party front by Sony. These days? It’s a much better system, has a beefy little brother in the Xbox One X and is still being outclassed by Sony on the first-party games front…but not for long. With a …

Microsoft is making a big bid on the future of the Xbox brand, with a whopping five studio aquisitions to help bolster their struggling first-party offerings.

I really enjoyed State of Decay 2, even if it was somewhat buggy, and lacking polish. The game received a day one patch that helped, but the game was still a little on the rough side. A new 20GB patch hopes to fix that. An extensive update has effectively replaced the entire game that includes fixes to the games networking code, stability fixes, as well as numerous, welcome bug fixes.

State of Decay 2 isn’t really about the zombies. Sure, the small towns you’re trying to scavenge your way through are filled with hordes of the undead, and they’re its raison d'etre – but it’s a game about survival. It’s less about the lopping off of limbs, perfect headshots and gruesome finishing moves – though they’re all present. It’s all about learning how to stay alive in the face of an apocalypse.

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One upcoming game that won’t be dipping its toe into those battle royale waters, even though it has the potential to not be too shabby at it? Microsoft’s zombie apocalypse survival sim State of Decay 2.