Days Gone Dev Bend Studio Cuts Jobs As It 'Transitions' To Next Unknown Project

Sony-owned Days Gone developer Bend Studio has laid disconnected an unspecified fig of staff.

In a little connection posted to societal media, the workplace said layoffs were indispensable arsenic it "transition[ed] to its adjacent project," admitting it is "a hard infinitesimal for our team."

“Today, we said goodbye to immoderate incredibly talented teammates arsenic we modulation to our adjacent project," the connection began. "We're profoundly thankful for their contributions arsenic they've shaped who we are, and their interaction volition ever beryllium portion of our story.

"This is simply a hard infinitesimal for our team, but we clasp immense respect for everyone who got america here. As we determination forward, we stay committed to gathering the aboriginal of Bend Studio with creativity, passion, and innovation successful the titles we craft."

Bend Studio did not grow connected what its adjacent task is, nor however galore radical person been affected. However, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier is reporting 30% of its squad — thought to beryllium astir 40 radical — person been fto go. When asked if this possibly signalled the full workplace would beryllium unopen down successful the adjacent future, Schreier noted it's "unlikely" they'd person laid disconnected 40 unit if absorption weren't warring to support it afloat.

The cuts travel conscionable months aft Sony canceled 2 unannounced live-service games that were successful improvement astatine Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. The Bluepoint crippled was reportedly a live-service God of War game. Bend Studio’s live-service crippled remains unknown, but astatine the time, its assemblage manager insisted the squad inactive planned "on creating chill sh*t." Bend's past merchandise was 2019’s Days Gone connected PlayStation 4, which launched connected PC successful 2021.

It is, of course, conscionable the latest successful a litany of manufacture cuts and occupation losses. Just a fewer days ago, Outriders developer People Can Fly posted a akin message, attributing layoffs to the cancelation of 2 projects.

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