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Days Gone Dev Bend Studio Staffing Up for 'AAA Live Service' Game | Push Square
31.03.2024 - 01:16 / pushsquare.com / London Studio / Sony
Sony first-party developer Bend Studios is staffing up for another «AAA live service» game, and it seems that PlayStation will continue to chase the live service dragon. When we last heard from the Oregan-based developer of Days Gone, Bend said it was still «cooking» and, if nothing else, seemed confident whatever they were working on would take the studio to the next level.
This latest comes to us through the studio (thanks, Eurogamer), with a recruitment advert posted on the company's website. Bend is seeking a Lead Project Manager capable of doing things like «manage project scope based on current team velocities and milestone schedules», and the role has the relevant, illuminating criteria of requiring «hands-on game development experience in leadership roles shipping AAA live service games». More specifically, that person should have a track record of «redefining studios from traditional 'boxed product' focussed game development into live service development studios in a key leadership role».
Now, we aren't suggesting a service game out of Bend couldn't be great; instead, that extremely recent history is littered with the corpses of others who have made the attempt. In the last two weeks alone, we've brought you word of a cancelled service Spider-Man game, a rumoured online Twisted Metal effort, and the fantasy co-op game cancelled alongside the closure of London Studio, and that's just Sony alone. Continuing to roll the dice with a studio presumably equipped to make single-player games seems ill-advised, at best.
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Would you be up for a AAA live service game out of Bend Studios? Let us know in the comments section below.
Khayl is Push Square's Australian correspondent, a reporter who regularly catches the competition napping. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
How much money are publishers willing to risk to lose in chase for golden mine like Fortnite? It's not worth it. Out of ten projects maybe one will be sort of successful.
@Darth_Stofi Yeah but if you get that one through the door it's hallelujah!
Oh so they're going to shut down. That sucks.
The original article is completely clickbait and flimsy and I can’t believe push would post this. Bend already said they were working on a new open world ip that would include MP which is what this is most likely pertaining to but it’s easier to just report they are doing a live service game and rile up the haters because that gets more clicks
@get2sammyb But since you lose money on tghose 9 other projects you may not
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