The game was released in April 2019 for PlayStation 4 and in May 2021 for Windows. The game was officially unveiled at E3 2016 its release was originally planned for 2018 but was delayed several times. Major sources of inspiration for Days Gone were World War Z, The Walking Dead and Sons of Anarchy.

The game's development took approximately six years Bend Studio expanded nearly three-fold to support it. A major game mechanic is Deacon's motorcycle, which is used as the player character's main mode of transportation and mobile inventory.ĭays Gone was Bend Studio's first open-world project, its first original property since Syphon Filter (1999), and its first development project for home consoles after spending decades working on spinoff games for handheld consoles. Players can use firearms, melee weapons and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend themselves against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures known as freakers. Days Gone is played from a third-person perspective in which the player can explore an open world environment. John discovers his wife Sarah may still be alive and goes on a quest to find her.

The game is set in post-apocalyptic Oregon two years after the start of a pandemic. Days Gone is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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