Sviluppato dal team noto con il nome di Sony Interactive Entertainment Bend Studio, che ricordiamo per la saga Syphon Filter, Days Gone è un action/adventure open world in esclusiva per PlayStation 4 che alcuni mesi fa è stato ufficialmente posticipato al 2019 ma che a giugno sarà il gioco di copertina di Game Informer.
L’annuncio arriva direttamente dalla testata che promette tantissime novità per Days Gone e ciò ci lascia capire che il titolo è in uno stato molto avanzato dello sviluppo e che il rinvio potrebbe essere solo frutto di una strategia di marketing di Sony:
Does the world really need another zombie game? That’s one of the many questions we had before heading to Sony Bend Studio’s offices in Oregon to check out Days Gone. After spending a couple of days playing the game and gaining a deeper understanding of what the studio is trying to accomplish, we came back with an enthusiastic yes. You face a massive undead threat, but they’re just part of the dangerous open-world ecology. Virtually everything in this dark vision of the Pacific Northwest wants to separate you from your life. Fortunately, you have the tools you need to survive – including your fully upgradable motorcycle.
In the June issue of Game Informer, we packed 14 pages with exclusive details and developer insight from that trip, including an extensive look at how Sony Bend is working to breathe life not only into the zombie apocalypse, but open-world games in general.
Sony has shown off Days Gone at E3 over the past couple of years, but we didn’t fully appreciate what Sony Bend is doing until after we played it ourselves. We learned more about the game’s biker protagonist, Deacon St. John, and his broken world – and experienced some of the brutal lengths he’s willing to go in order to keep his friends safe. We also have a better understanding of how exploration, story, and action interlock to tell what could be one of the genre’s most consistent narrative experiences.