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News Departed Days Gone Game Director Says Sony Bend Punched Above Its Weight

After programmers thrown under the bus

Update: Sony Bend has already responded to writer John Garvin’s controversial comments about Days Gone, and its team. And now former game director Jeff Ross has followed up. In a series of tweets, he explained that the studio has a “small but incredibly talented engineering team who punched way above their...

• Sun 11th Dec 2022
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone

News Sony Bend Distances Itself from Ex-Director, Thanks Fans for Days Gone Support

"Bend Studio does not share his sentiment"

Earlier this week, Days Gone’s writer and director John Garvin went on a social media rant, blaming “woke reviewers” for the open worlder’s softer than expected Metacritic score. Those messages, after going viral, have since been set to private. And now Sony Bend, the game’s developer, has...

• Thu 8th Dec 2022
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone

News Play Days Gone on the Broken Road with Steam Deck Support

On your bike

Sony’s Bend Studio has a long history with handhelds, having been one of the flag bearers for both the PSP and PS Vita generations, before transitioning back to consoles with Days Gone. There’s little surprise, then, that it’s gone the extra mile to verify Deacon St John’s debut for the Steam Deck, meaning that it’s been...

• Thu 12th May 2022
• Sony
• PC
• Steam Deck
• Days Gone

News Days Gone's Reported 8 Million Sales Not Necessarily Accurate

But director Jeff Ross stands by numbers

Update: We thought this story was perhaps over, but apparently not. Since conducting yesterday's interview with David Jaffe, director Jeff Ross has posted on Twitter: "I stand by my numbers." At this point, we're probably never going to know how many units Days Gone sold unless Sony explicitly tells us. Not...

• Sat 8th Jan 2022
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone

News Days Gone Also Sold Over 8 Million Copies on PS4, Claims Director

Probably over 10 million at this point

Ghost of Tsushima was celebrated at CES 2022 for selling over eight million copies to date, which is an impressive number no doubt. There’s always been a perception that fellow first-party open worlder Days Gone was a bit of a disappointment in terms of its commercial performance, but director Jeff Ross

• Thu 6th Jan 2022
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone

News Sony Bend's New PS5 IP Will Build on Days Gone's Open World

Team is "very, very passionate" about it

The new intellectual property in development at Days Gone developer Sony Bend will “build on the deep open world systems” that the team created for its popular post-apocalyptic title. As we already know, the Japanese giant decided not to green light a sequel to Deacon St John’s story, but PlayStation...

• Wed 2nd Jun 2021
• Sony
• PS5

News Free Days Gone PS4 Dynamic Theme Available for One Day Only

The Old Sawmill

Itching to show your support for Days Gone after its sequel was scrapped during the pitching phase? You're in luck then because Sony Bend is giving away a PlayStation 4 dynamic theme for free, but you've only got one day to claim it. The Old Sawmill theme is yours to keep using the codes listed below, and you can check out what it...

• Mon 26th Apr 2021
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone
• Themes
• Free

News Days Gone Lead Designer Thanks Fans for Playing the Game No Matter How Much Money They Spent

"I appreciate you"

You more than likely already know what this is in response to. As part of the kerfuffle over a Days Gone 2 pitch being rejected by Sony, former Bend director John Garvin controversially said that fans should buy games "at f***ing full price" if they love them. "I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen gamers say ‘yeah, I...

• Wed 21st Apr 2021
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone

News Days Gone Director on Skipped Sequel: 'If You Love a Game, Buy It at F***ing Full Price'

"Don’t complain if a game doesn’t get a sequel"

Oh boy, this whole Days Gone thing just won't stop churning, will it? Speaking in David Jaffe's latest interview video, Days Gone director John Garvin has strong feelings on the sequel situation — as you'd expect. Garvin left developer Sony Bend around two years ago, so he's free to speak his...

• Sun 18th Apr 2021
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone

News Over 15,000 People Have Signed a Petition for Days Gone 2

Ain't gone yet

A Change.org petition asking Sony to "approve" Days Gone 2 has been doing the rounds online for the past couple of days. At the time or writing it sits above 15,000 signatures, and it's climbing quite fast. The petition itself is in response to the recent news that Sony wouldn't greenlight the supposed Days Gone sequel (which

• Thu 15th Apr 2021
• Sony
• PS4
• Days Gone