Many

PlayStation
studios
are
having
a
tough
time
right
now,
but
it’s
the
ongoing
mugging
of
Bend
Studios,
the
makers
of

Days
Gone,
that
I
feel
worst
about.
According
to
a
new
report,
the
team
is
about
to
be
hit
by
layoffs
yet
again.

That’s
according
to
journalist
Jason
Schreier
who
has
apparently
learned
that
the
team
will
be
getting
rid
of
around
40
employees,
totally
about
30%
of
the
studios
current
workforce.

He
confirms
that
the
team
has
been
working
on
a
new
project

following
the
cancellation
of
a
live-service
title
Bend
was
previously
working
on.

Bend
Studios
hasn’t
released
a
game
since
Days
Gone
in
2019.
Despite
selling
well
and
getting
a
solid
reception,
Sony
did
not
greenlight
a
sequel.

However,
they
did
like
it
enough
to
give
it
the
remaster
treatment.
Mixed
messages
there,
Sony.

After
a
while,
Bend
was
put
onto
live-service
duty,
but
with
that
game
gone
and
Bend
presumably
only
in
the
earliest
stages
of
getting
a
new
project
off
the
ground
it
could
be
another
4-6
years
before
they
release
a
game,
given
today’s
typical
development
time
for
triple-A
titles.