Days Gone studio Sony Bend reportedly lays off 30% of its staff as it works on new game following live service cancelation
Abo🐷ut 40 people have been impac🦄ted by the Bend Studio layoffs

Days Gone developer Bend Studio has reportedly laid off 30% of its workforce five months after its live service project was ca🥃nceled by parent company Sony.
According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who first shared the news on , that equates to around 40 employees of Bend Studio being made redundant. The studio has reportedly been working on a new, yet-to-be revealed game after Sony shut down its untitled live service offering.
That canceled game was one of two projects shuttered by Sony in January, the other being a live service God of War game that had been in development at the Demon's Souls remake studio, Bluepoint, which was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:acquired by PlayStation in 2021.
Schreier reported in 🥃a that it was "just Bend" that was impacted by t﷽hese layoffs at Sony.
It's unclear what Bend St🌠udio is working on behind the scenes. now that the studio's live service project seemingly isn't standing in the way.
Likewise, Bluepoint has been quiet since revealing in 2021 that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:it's working on an original game rather than another remake. In June 2024, Bluepoint's head of technology, Peter Dalton, that "nothing has changed since our statement th💧at we are working on an original title," adding at the time, "everything takes time" and "we are committed to sharpening our skills!"
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