Two Months of Halloween!: Days Gone
5Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Set in a post-apocalyptic Oregon two years after the start of a global pandemic, former outlaw-turned-drifter Deacon St. John discovers the possibility of his wife Sarah still being alive, which leads Deacon on a quest to find her. Days Gone is played from a third-person perspective, in which the player can explore an open world environment. Players can use firearms, melee weapons and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures known as Freakers. A major game mechanic is Deacon's motorcycle, which is used as the player character's primary mode of transportation as well as mobile inventory.
Days Gone was Bend Studio first original property since Syphon Filter (1999), and its first open world project, and its first project developed for home consoles after working on handheld spin-offs of other Sony's franchises for decades. Development of the game lasted for approximately six years, and Bend Studio expanded nearly three-fold to support the game's development. World War Z, The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy were major sources of inspiration for the game. The game was officially unveiled at E3 2016. Originally slated for a 2018 launch, Days Gone was delayed several times.
The game eventually released in April 2019 for PlayStation 4, and for Windows in May 2021. Upon release, it received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the graphics, the artificial intelligence of the enemies, and Sam Witwer's performance as Deacon, although the story, mission design, and several technical issues were criticized. It was often regarded as one of the weaker Sony first-party games released during the PlayStation 4 generation. Days Gone was a commercial success, as it sold more copies than all of Bend Studio's previous games combined and became the 19th-best-selling game of 2019 in the US. It was reported in 2021 that the development team had unsuccessfully pitched a sequel to Sony. #Sony #DaysGone #Zombies #Bikers #Gaming