Game news After Days Gone, this studio is working on a new PS5 video game, but…
After Days Gone, Bend Studio is preparing a multiplayer game. But this new announcement is already raising concerns…
Last January, Bend Studio, the studio behind the zombie game Days Gone, indicated that it was working very seriously on a brand new IP planned for the PlayStation 5 and that the project was progressing very quickly. Only clue left to the public : the game would be an open-world multiplayer experience, the very first of its kind for the team. Community Manager Kevin McAllister earlier claimed that this would be Bend Studio’s best game yet. This is enough to console a few thousand fans bruised to learn that a sequel to Days Gone had not received approval from Sony, still encouraging the creation of a petition to launch the project, which received no less of 210,000 signatures.
A service game after Days Gone?
But there may be some bad news in store. A very recent job offer posted by Bend requires candidates with experience in the field of service games, also indicating that their project would be an online game. “Hands-on game development experience in leadership roles shipping AAA games live“,
can we read on the ad.
Sony Bend Studio, world-renowned creators of Days Gone, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Siphon Filter, is seeking exceptional talent to join our passionate and creative family to craft our next high-profile AAA title.
The Project Manager will play a leadership role within the studio, responsible for coordinating activities in an Agile environment, working with multiple stakeholders, product owners, project managers, producers and multi-disciplinary Scrum teams to develop increments of potentially deliverable products each sprint – Excerpt from the job offer
This would also be a first for the Bend studio, which has never before ventured into this type of experiment which is currently enjoying as much popularity as criticism. This is surely why the position sought is also intended for a person with experience in “redefinition of traditional game development studios focused on ‘boxed products’ towards live service development studios in a key leadership role“. Many are now hoping that it will be an open-world zombie survival game set in the Days Gone universe. Bend studio had already confirmed earlier that the title would in any case rely on the game’s systems.