Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross revealed earlier this week that Days Gone sold more than Ghost of Tsushima, but were not given such praise, and Sony and PlayStation were seen as a disappointment instead. Discussed it with former God of War and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe recently directRoss also revealed some other offers that Bend Studio made after the Days Gone sequel was rejected.
As first reported by Chronicles of video gamesRoss said he’s particularly interested in a reboot of the PlayStation’s long-dormant Resistance series, created by Insomniac Games during the PlayStation 3 generation. However, like Days Gone 2’s pitch, it was rejected.
“The pitch I’m working on is ‘The resistance in the open world will be f**king rad’,” Ross told Jaffe. “There are all these open-world loops that we’ve found… it’s pretty much written for itself with Resistance: there are a lot of aspects of that property that allow for open-world gameplay. But they don’t care about that either. I don’t know how it sells.”
Ross also revealed that after pitching for Days Gone 2, will include a “shared universe with co-op play”, was rejected, he was asked if Bend Studio could restart Syphon filter. However, Ross had no real interest in such a thing.
“It was just a question: ‘Are there any other IPs we have that we can use?’ and the only other IP is the Siphon Filter,” says Ross. “But honestly, I have no idea how to restart the Siphon Filter. I don’t care about that at all. It’s almost like a ‘keep them busy’ question: ‘Hey guys, why don’t you guys come up with something for Siphon Filters while we’re figuring out what we’re confident in advertising. pitch.’ So I don’t think it was ever real.”
Looks like a reboot of any kind isn’t made for Bend Studio, as last year it was revealed that it’s working on a new IP. While we wait to see what that is, check out our thoughts on the studio’s latest Game informant Reviews on Days Gone. Read about the PlayStation 5 performance upgrade Days Gone received afterward.
[Source: Video Games Chronicle]
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