{
  "id": 16612060,
  "title": "\"It was a pretty harrowing three months\" – Undead Labs head Philip Holt on what happened after Xbox cut the studio loose",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/it-was-a-pretty-harrowing-three-months-undead-labs-head-philip-holt",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T13:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GamesIndustry",
    "slug": "gamesindustry",
    "url": "https://www.gamesindustry.biz/it-was-a-pretty-harrowing-three-months-undead-labs-head-philip-holt-on-what-happened-after-xbox-cut-the-studio-loose"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Back in July, Xbox announced plans to divest five studios . Among them was State of Decay maker Undead Labs, which Microsoft had acquired back in 2018. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}