Brodie Gibbons

Press Start may receive a commission when you buy from links on our site at no extra cost to you. Following on from recent news that several studios, including Ninja Theory, Double Fine, and Compulsion Games, were all in the gun at Xbox and facing closure if deals couldn’t be reached that’d see them spin off, be bought, or regain independence, word has filtered through that Undead Labs, the studio behind the State of Decay series, is in a similar predicament.

Press Start may receive a commission when you buy from links on our site at no extra cost to you. With the first half of the year in the rearview, it’s absolutely fair to say we’ve had some banger months and some unexpectedly excellent games that’ll find themselves in contention when it comes to discussing Game of the Year in just a handful of months. Although we know what awaits us in September and, of course, November, July does feel like the beginnings of a gentle ramp-up to a busy end of year.

Press Start may receive a commission when you buy from links on our site at no extra cost to you. Following Bungie ceasing active support for Destiny 2 last month, and with the studio still in the incubation stages for future projects, it has reorganised its workforce, leading to significant layoffs. Worst hit is the Destiny team, which has been all but disbanded.