Days Gone Developer Bend Studio Says ‘We Cooking’ With New IP

Bend Studio, the Oregon-based developer behind the post-apocalyptic zombie shooter Days Gone, appears to be arduous at work on its new IP, the corporate has teased. Whereas the replace didn’t reveal any new particulars concerning the crew’s upcoming recreation that’s anticipated to return out for the PlayStation 5, it did indicate that some strong progress is being made on the venture.

Acquired by PlayStation dad or mum firm Sony Interactive Leisure again in 2000, Bend Studio had been targeted on churning out shooters and journey titles for the gaming model’s handheld techniques earlier than releasing Days Gone for the PS4 in 2019. Sony shot down a pitch for a sequel regardless of the primary recreation’s business success, and Bend Studio has been engaged on a brand new IP that builds on Days Gone‘s open world techniques ever since.

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After an extended stretch of time with out mentioning any progress on its subsequent title, Bend Studio advised followers that it was nonetheless engaged on a brand new IP. “We cooking,” the developer mentioned on Twitter in response to a consumer who requested for an replace on the crew’s present venture. Bend Studio beforehand introduced that its upcoming recreation shall be an open world multiplayer expertise – the primary of its form for the corporate. The developer’s neighborhood supervisor, Kevin McAllister, claimed final Could that the studio’s present venture will even be its finest recreation but.

Sony will certainly profit significantly as soon as Bend Studio lastly declares its subsequent title. The PS5 at present solely has round a dozen true exclusives, and that small pool additionally consists of upcoming video games which have been introduced just like the not too long ago delayed third-person motion recreation Stellar Blade.

Whereas extremely unlikely for now, we would see one other Days Gone title sooner or later, particularly because the IP has plenty of untapped potential. Days Gone additionally ends on a cliffhanger, so followers of the sport will in all probability respect a correct decision to the story.

A petition asking Sony to approve a Days Gone sequel that was launched in 2021 has already collected round 210,000 signatures, so it’s clear that there’s at the very least some demand for such an initiative. Bend Studio is in luck ought to it ever launch a brand new recreation as there are already plenty of nice titles for any potential Days Gone sequel or prequel.

Days Gone

Developed by Bend Studio, Days Gone is an open-world zombie apocalypse recreation the place gamers should battle off huge hordes of enemies. On this action-adventure recreation, gamers enter a harsh surroundings after a worldwide pandemic that has devastated the world. Management the previous outlaw Deacon St. John who’s looking for his manner within the desolate lands.

Launched

April 26, 2019

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Robust Language