We've got some good news and bad news for fans of Bend Studio, the first-party Sony developers behind 2019's Days Gone.
First up, the bad news: Bend Studio is not working on a Days Gone sequel. This was all but confirmed at this point. However, even after the earlier reports, many still had high hopes that Sony and Bend Studio will change their minds. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case and Days Gone's story won't see a proper conclusion anytime soon. At least, not from Bend Studio.
Now, for the good news. Even if Bend Studio is not working on a sequel to Days Gone, the studio is working on a "very exciting new IP" that will reportedly make use of the "deep open-world systems" that the studio developed and used for Days Gone.
The statement comes from Hermen Hulst, the PlayStation Studios head, in a recent interview. What Is Bend Studio's New IP? If it's any consolation, Days Gone's story did end on a relatively good and happy note.
Outside of giving small hints about Bend Studio's next project and saying that the studio was "very passionate" about it, Hulst didn't offer more specification information. However, as we've mentioned earlier, this isn't news to those who've been following the scene closely lately. It's all but confirmed at this point that Bend Studio failed to pitch a Days Gone sequel and was originally slated to work on an Uncharted spin-off title.
Now that parts of the April report from Bloomberg have been confirmed, we can finally start looking forward to what Bend Studio will work on next.