Kevin McAllister, the group supervisor for Bend Studio, has apologized to followers for “repeatedly getting fed false hope and poor data by individuals searching for likes” surrounding a possible Days Gone sequel. McAllister additionally confirmed that the studio is now engaged on a brand new IP, shutting down any kind of perception {that a} Days Gone sequel could be coming anytime quickly.
“I apologize to our Days Gone group for repeatedly getting fed false hope and poor data by individuals searching for likes. It’s not truthful to you all,” McAllister stated in a current submit on X (previously Twitter). “We’re presently engaged on a brand new IP, and when we have now precise information to share it can come from our studio.”
Though the group supervisor did not explicitly state what “poor data” and “false hope” he was referencing, it is imagined to be surrounding a submit from Days Gone’s artistic director, John Garvin. Who, earlier this week, revealed that Days Gone’s cliffhanger ending was completed with the intention of their being a trilogy.
This submit was then picked up by a good media outlet with a questionable headline stating {that a} Days Gone trilogy was “confirmed” by the developer, in the end resulting in followers world wide being given false hope.
However this additionally is not the primary time that followers have been given a glimmer of false hope from Garvin. On the identical day that the artistic director confirmed he had intentions for a trilogy, Garvin additionally responded to a fan on X who requested if Days Gone 2 remains to be a risk, saying, “Dude, by no means say by no means.” He then went on to state that Sony’s administration workforce “might have a change of coronary heart” and determine to greenlight a sequel.
Nevertheless, again in Could, Days Gone’s recreation director Jeff Ross used a brand new PlayStation poster “as proof” {that a} Days Gone sequel “won’t ever occur.” The poster featured dozens of PlayStation’s largest franchises, from Uncharted to Bloodborne (the latter of which nonetheless has followers begging for a remake or sequel), however made no reference to Days Gone.
“Sony greater ups like Hermen have been by no means followers, so you will not hear about it on the PlayStation State of Play immediately or ever,” Ross stated on X.
The fixed backwards and forwards between followers and builders is, in the end, what led to McAllister’s apology this week. Whereas it is unhappy information that we’ll possible by no means get to dive again into the world of Days Gone, Bend Studio has now confirmed {that a} new IP is within the works. Lets simply hope Sony appreciates it somewhat greater than they did Days Gone.
