In a series of tweets, the writer and director ofDays Gonehave announced that they’ve both left developer Bend Studio.“This is my last week at PlayStation and Bend Studio,” saidJeff Ross, director of Days Gone. I’m incredibly proud of all the games I got to make, but also looking forward to new challenges ahead. I’ll post about my plans later, but I’ll be moving to Chicago once COVID calms down."
Located in Bend, Oregon, Bend Studio was founded in 1993 and is one of the many talented first-party studios owned by PlayStation. Their first game wasSyphon Filer: The Omega Strain, which lead to three more games in the series. From there, they developedResistance: Retributionfor the PSP andUncharted: Golden Abyssfor the PlayStation Vita.
John Garvin, writer and director ofDays Gone, announced in aTwitter threadthat he left Bend Studio following the game’s launch last year. Since his departure from the studio, he says he’s taken a break from the games industry and focused on personal projects.
Garvin goes onto say that “over the past two decades, I helped the studio grow into a major developer, now part of the Sony family. Along the way, I wrote and directed every game from Syphon Filter through Days Gone, including two of my favorites,Resistance: Retribution, andUncharted Golden Abyss.”
Days Gonereleased in April 2019 and it was themost digitally purchased gamethat month, beating out games likeMortal Kombat 11. This past September, PlayStation announced that the game would be added to thePlayStation Plus Collectionfor PS5 users. Before the PS5 released,Bend Studio announcedthat the game runs at 60FPS with dynamic 4K. Additionally, your PS4 save file can be transferred to the PS5.
Days Goneis available now on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 through the PS Plus Collection. you may read our reviewhere. Stay tuned to DualShockers for more next-gen coverage.
