Bend Studio is not making Days Gone 2: the studio's new game is a cooperative project with a release in 2027

Rumors about the fate of Bend Studio have finally received at least some clarity: according to sources of the MP1st portal, the next game from the Oregon studio will not be a sequel to Days Gone . Instead, the developers are making a third-party cooperative project, the announcement and release of which is planned for 2027. The report on October 31 quickly spread across gaming publications - the story was picked up by TechPowerUp, VGChartz, Push Square and GameRant.

What is known about the new game

The information converges on several specific, but as yet unconfirmed details. The project is a third-person game with co-op , but it is not a live service - and this is a noticeable turnaround after the studio’s canceled service game. According to sources, development has progressed much further than expected, so the announcement and release in the same calendar year seems realistic. Insiders did not name the name, setting or platforms.

Why not Days Gone 2

The fate of the sequel was sealed back in April 2021, when Sony rejected Bend's pitch - the studio proposed a sequel with a shared universe and co-op. The director of the original, Jeff Ross, later stated that a continuation from Sony should not be expected. Meanwhile, Days Gone is not a failure: according to a Sony leak, the game sold 7.32 million copies by February 2022, and the remaster for PS5 was released on April 25, 2025.

2025 was a difficult year for the studio: in January, a service project codenamed Mirror Pond was canceled, and in June, employees were cut by about 30%. A co-op game without a live service seems like a pragmatic choice for a diminished team - and perhaps the studio's last chance to prove it can produce its own projects.

Source: techpowerup.com