Days Gone News

Stop asking Bend Studio if Days Gone 2 is happening, because it isn't: "Time to move on"

No matter how much you ask for it, Days Gone 2 isn't happening, and Bend Studio would like it if you stop asking about it.

Days Gone is a funny game. It was clearly meant to be one of Sony's tentpole, single-player titles it used to be known for, even taking the last spot in an E3 showcase many moons ago. However, it seems like behind the scenes it ended up being a bit of a dud - the game's director claims it sold as well as Ghost of Tsushima, but management made it seem like a disappointment. Critically it did fine, mostly on the positive side, but it wasn't the glowing reception a lot of other first-party Sony titles get. Still, it did get a PC release, and there are some fans that want a sequel, but Bend Studio's community manager Kevin McAllister has had to put any speculation about a Days Gone 2 to bed.

"I apologize to our Days Gone community for continuously getting fed false hope and poor information by people looking for likes," wrote McAllister. "It’s not fair to you all. We are currently working on a new IP, and when we have actual news to share it will come from our studio." McAllister is seemingly referencing a tweet from Days Gone's writer John Garvin, who recently shared that the original intention was for the game to spawn a trilogy.

We've all got them. Those could-have-been, should-have-been hypothetical games that we wish had happened but sadly never did. I always wanted a sequel to Freedom Fighters, the criminally underplayed IO Interactive squad shooter from 2003, but the fates had other plans. Now, Days Gone 2, the presumptive sequel to Bend Studio's underloved zombie survival RPG, seems set to join the list of games that never came to pass.

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Days Gone creative director: "Never say never" about a sequel, after game director says exactly that

Open-world zombie adventure Days Gone might not technically feature any zombies, but at least the discourse around a potential sequel is constantly reanimating. Via Xitter, the original game’s creative director John Garvin has encouraged fans to "never say never" about a Days Gone 2, while reminding us that a full outline for the game had already been completed prior to his departure from developers Bend Studio in 2020.

Even with the caveat of "I’m not holding my breath", Garvin’s take is an altogether more hopeful one that that of fellow Bend alumni and Days Gone game director Jeff Ross, who in May tweeXed a collage of popular PlayStation characters – sans his own post-apocalyptic motorcycling hero, Deacon St. John. "A lot of people still ask me if there will ever be a Days Gone sequel, so I submit this poster as evidence it will never happen", Ross wrote, along with an apparent pop at Sony Interactive execs (including Hermen Hulst, co-CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment) for never being "fans" of the game.

Zombie games are a dime a dozen these days, but every now and then one comes along that leaves a lasting impression. For me, that game was Days Gone. Originally released for PlayStation 4 before being ported to PC in 2021, the brutal open-world epic features terrifying zombie hordes and an emotionally charged storyline. If you've not tried it out yet, now's the perfect time, as it's currently 75% off on Steam.

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From Fallout to Stalker, GOG's 'Post-apocalyptic Sale' has some strong discounts on well-reviewed PC games

No doubt celebrating the good reception that the new Fallout TV show has had, I've spotted that GOG has launched a week-long post-apocalyptic sale that discounts many games that offer some sort of 'the world's gone to s**t' setting, from irradiated wastelands to zombie apocalypses...
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