{"id":466853,"date":"2025-11-11T02:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/bend-studio-pitched-an-open-world-resistance-game-after-days-gone-2-was-rejected\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T02:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:36:40","slug":"bend-studio-pitched-an-open-world-resistance-game-after-days-gone-2-was-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bend-studio-pitched-an-open-world-resistance-game-after-days-gone-2-was-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Bend Studio Pitched An ‘Open-World Resistance’ Game After Days Gone 2 Was Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross revealed earlier this week that Days Gone sold more than Ghost of Tsushima<\/a>, but was not praised like it and instead seen as a disappointment by Sony and PlayStation. Discussing that with former God of War and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe on a recent livestream<\/a>, Ross also revealed some other pitches Bend Studio\u00a0made after a sequel to Days Gone was rejected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As first reported by Video Games Chronicle<\/a><\/em>, Ross said he was especially interested in rebooting PlayStation\u2019s long-dormant Resistance series, which was created by Insomniac Games back in the PlayStation 3 generation. Like the pitch to Days Gone 2, though, it was rejected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe pitch I was making was, ‘open-world Resistance would be f**king rad,’\u201d\u00a0Ross told Jaffe. \u201cThere were all of these open-world loops that we figured out\u2026it almost wrote itself with Resistance: there were so many aspects of that property that lent itself to open-world gameplay. But they weren\u2019t interested in that either. I don\u2019t know how well it sold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ross also revealed that after the pitch for Days Gone 2, which would have included a \u201cshared universe with co-op play,\u201d<\/a> was rejected, he was asked if Bend Studio\u00a0could reboot Syphon Filter<\/a>. However, Ross didn\u2019t really have any interest in such a thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just an ask: \u2018Are there any other IPs that we have that we can use?\u2019 and the only other IP was Syphon Filter,\u201d Ross said. \u201cBut honestly, I have zero ideas on how to reboot Syphon Filter. I was not interested in that at all. It was almost like a \u2018keep them busy\u2019 type of question: \u2018Hey guys, why don\u2019t you come up with something for Syphon Filter while we figure out what we\u2019re confident in pitching.\u2019 So I don\u2019t think it was ever genuine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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It seems a reboot of any kind was not in the works for Bend Studio, as last year\u00a0it revealed that it is working on a new IP<\/a>.\u00a0While waiting to see what that is, check out our thoughts on the studio\u2019s latest in Game Informer\u2019s<\/em> Days Gone review<\/a>. Read about the PlayStation 5 performance upgrades Days Gone received<\/a> after that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[Source: Video Games Chronicle<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Would you rather see a new IP from Bend Studio or an open-world Resistance game? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Former Bend Studio director Jeff Ross revealed earlier this week that Days Gone sold more than Ghost of Tsushima, but was not praised like it and instead seen as a disappointment by Sony and PlayStation. Discussing that with former God of War and Twisted Metal director David Jaffe on a recent livestream, Ross also revealed some other pitches Bend Studio\u00a0made after a sequel to Days Gone was rejected.\u00a0 As first reported by Video Games Chronicle, Ross said he was especially interested in rebooting PlayStation\u2019s long-dormant Resistance series, which was created by Insomniac Games back in the PlayStation 3 generation. Like the pitch to Days Gone 2, though, it was rejected.\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media \u201cThe pitch I was making was, ‘open-world Resistance would…<\/p>\n

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