Bend Studio Pitched An 'Open-World Resistance' Game After Days Gone 2 Was Rejected

Former Bend Studio manager Jeff Ross revealed earlier this week that Days Gone sold much than Ghost of Tsushima, but was not praised similar it and alternatively seen arsenic a disappointment by Sony and PlayStation. Discussing that with erstwhile God of War and Twisted Metal manager David Jaffe connected a caller livestream, Ross besides revealed immoderate different pitches Bend Studio made aft a sequel to Days Gone was rejected. 

As archetypal reported by Video Games Chronicle, Ross said helium was particularly funny successful rebooting PlayStation’s long-dormant Resistance series, which was created by Insomniac Games backmost successful the PlayStation 3 generation. Like the transportation to Days Gone 2, though, it was rejected. 

“The transportation I was making was, 'open-world Resistance would beryllium f**king rad,'” Ross told Jaffe. “There were each of these open-world loops that we figured out…it astir wrote itself with Resistance: determination were truthful galore aspects of that spot that lent itself to open-world gameplay. But they weren’t funny successful that either. I don’t cognize however good it sold.”

Ross besides revealed that aft the transportation for Days Gone 2, which would person included a “shared beingness with co-op play,” was rejected, helium was asked if Bend Studio could reboot Syphon Filter. However, Ross didn’t truly person immoderate involvement successful specified a thing. 

“It was conscionable an ask: ‘Are determination immoderate different IPs that we person that we tin use?’ and the lone different IP was Syphon Filter,” Ross said. “But honestly, I person zero ideas connected however to reboot Syphon Filter. I was not funny successful that astatine all. It was astir similar a ‘keep them busy’ benignant of question: ‘Hey guys, wherefore don’t you travel up with thing for Syphon Filter portion we fig retired what we’re assured successful pitching.’ So I don’t deliberation it was ever genuine.” 

It seems a reboot of immoderate benignant was not successful the works for Bend Studio, arsenic past year it revealed that it is moving connected a caller IP. While waiting to spot what that is, cheque retired our thoughts connected the studio’s latest successful Game Informer’s Days Gone review. Read astir the PlayStation 5 show upgrades Days Gone received aft that. 

[Source: Video Games Chronicle]

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