{"id":467241,"date":"2026-07-03T12:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2183635"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:35:50","slug":"days-gone-director-pitched-open-world-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/days-gone-director-pitched-open-world-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Gone director pitched open-world Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/days-gone-director-pitched-open-world-resistance.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Days Gone staff discussed a potential open-world Resistance game and a Syphon Filter reboot with higher-ups at PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Ross, the director of Days Gone who left Sony in late 2020, discussed some of these pitch ideas last night via video chat with former Twisted Metal developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6VOpt1tGSDw\">David Jaffe<\/a>. During the call, he went into further detail on how his hopes for a Days Gone sequel were squashed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-07-days-gone-director-pitched-open-world-resistance\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-07-days-gone-director-pitched-open-world-resistance\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days Gone staff discussed a potential open-world Resistance game and a Syphon Filter reboot with higher-ups at PlayStation. Jeff Ross, the director of Days Gone who left Sony in late 2020, discussed some of these pitch ideas last night via video chat with former Twisted Metal developer David Jaffe. During the call, he went into further detail on how his hopes for a Days Gone sequel were squashed. 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