Days Gone has driven Sony Bend to more than double in size

Alex Wawro writes that the Oregon newspaper The Bulletin reports Sony's Bend Studio is moving into a bigger office building later this year as it continues to�work on its post-apocalyptic PlayStation 4 game Days Gone .

[chrisx]

This is good news just shows they are taking it serious. Days gone has potential to pleasantly surprise. Hope to see more at E3

[S2Killinit]

Oh man im so hyped for this game!

[Ceaser9857361]

"we have a longer term plans" Amazing ...prolly future story DLCs may be .. Cant wait to see more this E3 .. More brutal may be and survival tactics... Will be fun..

[XanderZane]

Yes.. definitely. Please show game play at E3. I want this game badly. If this is playable at E3 and they show a Syphon Filter game, I'll be happy. Some Spiderman game play wouldn't hurt either.

[Manhunt123]

Syphon Filter... :(

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Yea. Been too long.

[Kaneki-Ken]

Maybe in the future but for now, I want Days Gone to be successful so they could be known again since they haven't work on a home Console games for years.

[Chevalier]

If this game is successful then Sony can come back around and let them jump right back onto Syphon Filter. Just consider that they just doubled in size too, they could split down in two near the end of development and start it up for all we know.

[ClayRules2012]

Cool. I hope the added talent will help Days Gone to be, not only a great game, but also, something unique.

Best of luck to you, Sony Bend =)

[fatbastard11]

It seems like all the hyped PS4 exclusives aren't going to be coming out for a long time.(Days Gone,Last of Us 2,Death Stranding,Detroit)The devs mine as well just wait for PS5 and use that hardware.

[Razzer]

lol...what?

[BlakHavoc]

Are you're basing this on what? TLOU2 and Death Stranding likely wont release until 2019, but everything else has a realistic chance of coming out in 2018.

[BlackTar187]

I am betting TLOU 2 Oct 2018 and Death Stranding Feb 2019.

[morganfell]

God of War and Detroit this year.

[Goldby]

@morgan

and Spiderman

[SpaceRanger]

Talk about reaching. I'm just glad that Sony keeps putting out exclusives all year long and is set for the future.

It really would suck to by hyping up new hardware just to play already launched/played games and have the majority of future ones cancelled. Thankfully Sony hasn't put its players in that predicament.

[AspiringProGenji]

Only TLoU 2 is being hyped and is because of how amazing the first was. Kojima and QD have gone silent about their games, and Days Gone too since last E3. Nice overreaction!

And all of those games are being made on PS4. Making them on PS5 means even more time to release them. They don't even know what PS5 is or looks like

TL;DR just sit down and Quiet!

[trooper_]

...Uh...what?

[SmielmaN]

Get outta here with this sh!t Fatbastard lol

[S2Killinit]

Good thing PS4 comes out with so many games. They can take as long as they need. Just keep delivering the same level of amazing.

[Silly gameAr]

You guys need to take your weak trolling elsewhere.

[Sm3000]

I recommend putting the word dumb between fat and bastard in your handle

[DialgaMarine]

Sounds like someone is salty and wants the PS4 to stop dominating. I know such things hurt your fanboy ego, but it'll be okay, I promise.

[fatbastard11]

I have ps4 pro

[DialgaMarine]

I'm going to safely call BS because if you actually did, you wouldn't be thinking these devs should push these titles back and release them on hardware that probably won't be out for another 3 years.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

@fatbastard - company's need to support their products, ridiculous comment fat.

[snoopgg]

No Sony won't wait for ps5. They will keep the steady line of exclusives coming out. This is why they are number 1 all these years. They know the secret to success. This is where Microsoft is failing and falling behind. The Scorpio is Microsoft's hailmary.

[Thatguy-310]

Is that what MS doing? I mean they've been pretty dry if you ask me

[frostypants]

It's probable that the PS5 will be 100% compatible with the PS4.

[Legatus]

That's what i like to hear. Keep growing and working hard and i'm 100% sure we will have another superb new ip exclusive just like HZD. Can't wait to see more gameplay of Days Gone.

[Majin-vegeta]

I'm still amazed at how many zombies/creatures they were able to fit on screen at once.Cant wait hopefully we get some more gameplay and a release date at E3

[Ju]

Ya, but those must be thousands and thousands. It never ends. Feels like a little unrealistic. LOL. That like a whole town chasing you...;)

[UCForce]

Ok, have you watch World War Z ?

[frostypants]

Damn those "unrealistic" zombie games. Real zombies don't do that, right?

It looks fun AF. Nothing else matters.

[Thethinbeast1]

Very interested in this game. Hope it makes it out this year. Game already looks very polished in my opinion.

[TheProfessional]

This looks like a shameless combo of Last of Us and State of Decay. Such a blatant ripoff of both of those games in tone, aesthetic, setting and gameplay. The whole zombie genre is getting tired in general, but something this derivative doesn't really seem to be necessary. It would've been better if Sony Bend made a more unique IP that had nothing to do with zombies since there are more than enough zombie/survival games already. Why not bring back Syphon FIlter? Getaway? Or start a new series?

"No. We need more zombies. Zombies sell."

[BlackTar187]

Did last of us and State Of Decay invent the stuff you're talking about?

It also looks nothing like TLOU at all.

[AspiringProGenji]

No. We need more people like you who can invent something new and better. Please do show them how is done!

[Goldby]

Well seems like they listened to you cuz they aren't zombies

They're crazies, with a built in hierarchy. They attack each other are living people and can be killed without having to hit them in the head.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Zombies don't sell games

good games , sell games

I'm pretty positive I didn't see State of Decay out here moving The Last of Us type numbers and getting more Game of the Year Awards soooooo

[UCForce]

No. For me, it's more like World War Z.

[one2thr]

Not Zombies, they're "Freakers".

[UCForce]

Here the thing, you can kill them without shooting on the head.

[one2thr]

Right, and they also adjust their interactions with their environment based on weather conditions, obstacles, etc.

[frostypants]

Neither of those games invented the zombie genre. All of these games borrow heavily from film.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Good Sony Bend make a better product

[DarXyde]

I think that pretty much shoots down any realistic chance of it releasing this year. I'm guessing Q2 2018 at the latest.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Yeah definitely never saw this game releasing this year that just seems very unrealistic even spring 2018 is a very early guess.

[Kallisti]

Makes sense, their last game was on the Vita

[CoDsuperstar]

just hope they fix those awful gun animations and sounds

[_-EDMIX-_]

Honestly that isn't even the most interesting news it is actually very normal for Studios to get bigger before a final push and then lay off after release.

The biggest story here is the mention that they have no plans to lay off any of the people that they've hired after release this is absolutely huge we're basically getting a sneak peek at a new series, even though Sony is not saying it ,them actually even funding a team after release was no intention to lay them off very much shows implication that Days Gone is going to be a series and Sony feels extremely confident about it to permanently hire more staff it might also give implication to the team's future in general meeting the possibility of a Syphon Filter.

GABE LOGAN!!!!

[one2thr]

So much yes, to this. 👏

[DialgaMarine]

Good to hear. Means Sony is taking both the studio and IP serious like they did with Guerilla and Horizon. Who knows? Sony might have yet another hit on their hands.

[windblowsagain]

I hope it has a solid 30fps at least.

Looks good.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I hope we get a release date at E3. I'm very excited about this one :3

[corroios]

This is very important create and increase the quality of first party games.

[Puertorock77]

Great news. So much for the fanboy narrative that Sony is broke so they won't be able to afford new IPs or growth in gaming. PlayStation brand keeps growing and growing.

[Goldby]

SIE has been bringing in profits since it was formed.

Kaz realised the power behind the PlayStation brand and that the rest of sony was holding it back.

SIE is effectively releasing the beast into the wild

[Jayszen]

Days Gone is shaping up to be a really huge game. Sony are clearly taking it seriously and given how good their recent output has been, I can't wait!