Gone director releases statement after Bend Studios cancels game

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  • Days Gone director John Garvin sympathizes with Bend Studios over its recently canceled live-service game.

  • Garvin believes that the developers at Bend Studios had “no choice” when it came to PlayStation's decision to cancel the project.

  • Bend Studios is currently determining its next project, and the team is likely to return to single-player games.

Following the recent cancellation of Bend Studio's live-service project, days passed Director John Garvin expressed sympathy for the PlayStation first-party team. However, rumors of Garvin leaving the band studio in 2020 led to internal turmoil days passed Sequels, the former director seems to have a soft spot for developers still working at the studio.

It was recently reported that PlayStation has canceled two upcoming live-service projects from Bluepoint Games and Bend Studios, the platform holder's first-party teams. While it's unfortunate that time and resources were wasted on these now-cancelled projects, Bend Studio's cancellation of the game was a huge sting to many PlayStation fans. Bend Studio latest release days passed in 2019, after which there was some turmoil among studio leadership over a sequel to the game. This eventually led to the departure of both Jeff Ross and John Garvin days passedof directors, and Bend Studios set to work on a brand new IP.

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Bend Studios didn't reveal much about its original project, other than the fact that it will use it days passedIncludes an open world system and multiplayer elements. In December 2024, however, some leaked UI concept art suggested that Bend Studios' next game was a live-service military shooter. Now the project has been cancelled. days passed Director John Garvin recently wrote on Twitter Sympathy with the affected Bend Studio staff“It's time for empathy,” heeding one's thoughts on live-service games or PlayStation's first-party strategy. Garvin added that he hopes for the best for Bend Studios, a sentiment that the developers will no doubt appreciate.

Days Gone director John Garvin suggests Bend Studio Devas had “no choice” about canceling the current game

In a separate thread, Garvin responded to a tweet about the PlayStation community's alleged disdain for live-service first-party games, saying that while the notion is “true,” it doesn't make it “any less sad for the devs.” Choice.” It seems that Garvin is convinced that Sony chose to end development of Bend Studios' live-service game instead of the developers themselves, which may be true since the recent PlayStation first-party portfolio was canceled after the review.

PlayStation is said to be working closely with Bend Studios to determine which project the studio should tackle next. Given that PlayStation's live-service efforts have largely floundered in recent years, Bend Studios could return to its roots and develop a single-player game, perhaps even a heavily-requested one. days passed The sequel. Unfortunately, the long development cycle of AAA games makes it very likely that PlayStation fans won't hear from Bend Studios for a few years into the PS6 generation.

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