Days Gone studio celebrates its cameo in “masterpiece” platformer Astro Bot, but one former developer says it’s a sad “way to protect your legacy”

Days Gone's Deacon in Astro Bot
(Image credit: Team Asobi)

One of the many PlayStation games to cameo in the hot new platformer on the block Astro Bot is Days Gone, though how neat tha💙🌟t is seemingly differs depending on which of the game's developers you ask.

"Astro Bot is a masterpiece!" Bend Studio community manager Kevin McAllister. "Such a well-designed, creative,꧒ and polished experience that brings me so much joy. Thank you again, Team Asobi, for including Days Gone into your wonderful game. Our team is incredibly honored. Please go play it and say hi t💖o Deacon for me."

, though not so much Days Gone's now departed director and writer John Garvin.

"Kinda sad that Deek has been reduced to p♉romoting other games … well done Bend Studio! Way to protect your legacy!" he before a back-and-forth with several fans, including the to one telling him to calm down: "I see my character reduced to a cartoon schill promoting some small game and I&rsquo🧸;m being harsh? Sit down, my brotha, adults are talking."

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Garvin initially left Bend Studio sometime after Days Gone's release, eventually announcing as much on Twitter over a year later. Since then, Garvin and the studio have appeared at odds here and there. On one occasion, Garvin put the post-apocalyptic game's on bugs, critics who didn't play the game, and the "woke reviewers" who did, prompting distancing itself fಌrom the view.

As for Days Gone 2, that doesn't look like happening anytime soon. While game director and fellowꦇ Bend Studio alumni Jeff Ross has teased what could haveꦅ been, the stud🧸io maintains that it's working on something new and that it's "not fair to fans" to be "continuously getting fed false hope and poor informatio♋n."

We're not stopping there, either. Team Asobi is following up a strong launch with free 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Astro Bot DLC teases, including more VIP bots to rescue and speedrun levels.

Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

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