Many PlayStation studios are having a tricky time proper now, but it surely’s the continued mugging of Bend Studios, the makers of Days Gone, that I really feel worst about. In response to a brand new report, the group is about to be hit by layoffs but once more.
That’s in keeping with journalist Jason Schreier who has apparently discovered that the group might be eliminating round 40 staff, completely about 30% of the studios present workforce.
He confirms that the group has been engaged on a brand new mission following the cancellation of a live-service title Bend was beforehand engaged on.
Bend Studios hasn’t launched a sport since Days Gone in 2019. Regardless of promoting effectively and getting a strong reception, Sony didn’t greenlight a sequel. Nevertheless, they did prefer it sufficient to provide it the remaster therapy. Blended messages there, Sony.
After some time, Bend was put onto live-service responsibility, however with that sport gone and Bend presumably solely within the earliest levels of getting a brand new mission off the bottom it might be one other 4-6 years earlier than they launch a sport, given at the moment’s typical improvement time for triple-A titles.