Days Gone developer Bend Studio is staffing up for some kind of AAA stay service sport, because it appears Sony nonetheless desires in that market. This comes after the studio stated it was cooking one thing up seemingly associated to a brand new IP.
On a job itemizing (thanks, Eurogamer), Bend is looking for somebody to behave as its lead challenge supervisor, and a part of the necessities contains expertise with “AAA live-service video games.” The itemizing doesn’t give a lot away exterior of a broad descriptor, although. Within the case of this being the challenge it was speaking about again in 2022, then it’ll not less than foster a few of the mechanics of its 2019 motion sport with a multiplayer open world.
We aren’t that shocked that it’s being pushed into the stay service market, contemplating the large investments Sony desires to push into the medium. That stated, it looks as if it isn’t certain the place to go along with it, as The Final of Us On-line was canned after years of guarantees, Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Nice Internet was given the boot, Deviation Video games, which engaged on a stay service sport for Sony, was shuttered alongside London Studio, which was additionally engaged on a stay service sport for Sony, throughout the 900-person bout of layoffs, and the rumored Twisted Steel on-line sport getting canned, too.
For sure, Sony’s not moving into the market to simply.
Maybe the studio is best-known for the combined bag that was Days Gone, the zombie apocalypse sport that fostered a cult following and showcased a fairly entitled lead.
What do you suppose? Do you suppose Bend will do “AAA stay service” proper?
