However, Bend Studio is one of Sony’s oldest first-parties, and while it has added multiplayer modes to a multitude of its games, its best known for its single player campaigns.
Its next project had been described as its “best yet” and the “next generation of Bend Studio”, with it repeatedly mentioning that it’d be building from the blueprints established by Days Gone. We were anticipating some kind of open world game, then.
But whatever it was making, it’s now going to have to pivot fast. Sony said it won’t close down the studio, but it will work closely with the team to determine exactly which projects it works on moving forwards.
Responding to the craziness, community manager Kevin McAllister thanked fans for the love and support, and promised it still plans on “creating cool sh*t”.
But exactly how much work it’ll be able to salvage, if any, is unclear. With games taking at least five years to make these days, there’s a good chance we may not be playing Bend Studio’s next title until around 2030 or so.
When you consider that Days Gone launched all the way back in 2019, it’s perfectly feasible we could go ten years without seeing a new title from the team. A remaster of the biker title has been rumoured, but that’s not necessarily going to sate the appetite of PlayStation’s insatiable fanbase.
Unless anything changes, it could be a lean few years on the PS5 first-party front, outside of the handful of titles that have already been announced.
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