Days Gone – abandon all hope for a sequel (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The community manager for Bend Studio has denied recent rumours about Days Gone 2 and apologises for fans being fed ‘false hope.’
No matter how many times it’s made clear that 2019’s Days Gone is not getting a sequel, most hardcore fans secretly hold out hope that it will happen anyway.
Earlier in the week, the game’s creative director John Garvin revealed that the original game had been intended as the first part in a trilogy. That same day he replied to a fan asking about whether there’d be a sequel by saying, ‘never say never.’
However, Garvin no longer works at Bend Sudio and so community manager Kevin McAllister has tried to make it clear that Days Gone 2 is not happening: ‘I apologise to our Days Gone community for continuously getting fed false hope and poor information by people looking for likes. It’s not fair to you all.’
‘We are currently working on a new IP, and when we have actual news to share it will come from our studio,’ added McAllister.
He didn’t mention Garvin by name but his talk of ‘people looking for likes’ seems to be a references to certain websites that reported Garvin’s comments as if he was confirming a new game.
Garvin has not taken the mixed reception to Days Gone well, suggesting that its mediocre critical reception (it has a 71 on Metacritic, which is unusually low for a first party Sony game) was due to ‘woke reviewers’ who ‘couldn’t be bothered’ to play the game.
I canât speak for @JakeRocket but sure ⦠as you all know, I wrote a cliffhanger into the ending of #daysgone with the full intention of there being a trilogy (NOT just a sequel) I talk about it here https://t.co/RPgkXfHMWb https://t.co/5q5JO69Iua
— John Garvin (@John_Garvin) June 24, 2024
Co-director Jeff Ross, who is also no longer at Bend Studio, also complained that the game had performed just as well as Ghost Of Tsushima, and yet that was treated as a success and is getting a sequel (it’s assumed, Sony has never actually announced it).
However, Ross pointed out that a recent collage of major first party franchises by Sony omitted Days Gone entirely, even though it prominently features Bloodborne – which has since been ignored even more thoroughly than Days Gone.
Ross implies that the problem is former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Hermen Hulst, who is apparently not a fan of Days Gone. Considering he’s now joint-CEO of the whole of PlayStation that seems to rule out the chances of a sequel for good.
A lot of people still ask me if there will ever be a Days Gone sequel, so I submit this poster as evidence it will never happen. Sony higher ups like Hermen were never fans, so you won’t hear about it at the PlayStation State of Play today or ever. pic.twitter.com/9G8lPgJgVW
— Jeff Ross (@JakeRocket) May 30, 2024
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Source:: Metro
