Layoffs Hit Days Gone Developer Following Cancellation of Live Service Game – Report

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So, here I am, trying to wrap my head around the news that Bend Studio, you know, the folks behind Days Gone and Syphon Filter, just got slammed with some pretty hefty layoffs. Apparently, this happened not long after they threw in the towel on some live-service game. Ugh, just tough times everywhere, right?

Anyway — wait, hold on, I’m getting ahead of myself. So, Jason Schreier over on Bloomberg spills the beans (kind of a shocker, so maybe sit down for this) that Bend Studio is giving the boot to around 30% of its crew. That’s like four dozen people or so waved a not-so-fond goodbye. And guess what? They’re already cooking something new since they canned that live-service thingy. Talk about having a backup plan, huh?

Oh, and get this, Schreier drops this info on BlueSky, of all places. Where did all these social platforms come from anyway? Then, some other user, goes by solidjaum (interesting name, huh?), chimes in, wondering if Bluepoint Games got caught in the same storm. Schreier calmly replies, “Nah, they’re safe.” Lucky them, I guess.

Flashback time. So, in January, both Bend Studio and Bluepoint ditched their live-service gigs. No clue what Bend was up to, but Bluepoint was messing with a God of War multiplayer thing. All this because of the Concord flop — it launched and crashed in, like, two weeks flat. Yikes, that was quick.

And let’s not even talk about layoffs in the gaming world lately. PlayStation had its own rough patch in February, and then EA, not to be outdone, axed hundreds by April. Just feels like everyone’s cutting costs wherever they can, huh?

Anyway, not everything’s gloomy. Bend Studio recently cranked out Days Gone Remastered — they gave it a shiny new look for the PS5. You can grab it on the PS Store for, oh, fifty bucks or so. If you’ve got the cash after all this talk of layoffs, that is.

So there you go, a slice of today’s gaming industry for you — with all its ups, downs, and unexpected turns. Ain’t that just life?

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