Sony Bend to relocate existing office by fall 2017

Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Bend Studio is the anchor tenant of Crane Shed Commons, the 50,000-square-foot, four-story office building under construction on Industrial Way.
Sony’s Bend Studio has been growing quietly while working on a forthcoming post-apocalyptic title, “Days Gone,” for PlayStation 4. The studio grew from about 45 to 103 employees during the game’s development, and there are no plans to downsize after the release, Studio Director Chris Reese told The Bulletin in July.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Nice

[_-EDMIX-_]

Nice indeed

if they're not planning to downsize after the release of Days Gone I think it might confirm that Sony is already looking at this like a future series.

[UCForce]

I hope they find a good place.

[DeadSilence]

Seems like they are expanding at a fast pace, probably by the time Days Gone ships they will be 200.

[IamTylerDurden1]

1. I can't believe that a 45 man team made Golden Abyss.

2. I can't believe Days Gone was built with such a small team. They started at 45 and have added up to the current total of 103 employees during the game's development. That means that the bulk of the game was probably made with a team of less than 90 ppl. Days Gone is a full scale AAA and it resembles an open Last of Us in many ways, a damn impressive feat for such a moderately sized AAA team. I hope they add 50 or more ppl from now until crunch.

Basically they started with as many total employees as Insomniac has animators working on Spiderman PS4. Insomniac has like 40 animators working on Spidey.

[_-EDMIX-_]

You'll be amazed at what committed people can achieve consider that a team of 11 people at remedy made Max Payne.

[AspiringProGenji]

Great news!

[SaltyyBae]

Keep investing in PlayStation Sony and you will reap the rewards. I think even sony is surprised by the huge success of PS4. Can't wait to see what huge bombs Sony drops this E3. Hopefully Bloodborne 2 is there 😍😍😍

[Bathyj]

That would be nice, but Id rather they fiddles with a few knobs at Activision and aquired (no pun intended) Tenchu and got From Software to make it.

A man can dream cant he?

[jay2]

can't wait to see days gone

[NotanotherReboot]

Looks like theyre next for the chopping block

[trooper_]

So they're moving to a new office and that equates to 'chopping block'.

Nice logic you have there./s

[DragonDDark]

Can't you see? Sony is going bankrupt tomorrow! They must get rid of all the studios to get money! /s

[UCForce]

Sony Santa Monica left their old place. And move new locations for improvement.

[BlakHavoc]

If Days Gone flops it's possible, but you can't jump to that conclusion from news about the studio relocating...

[slappy508]

They're relocating because the studio is expanding, you colossal doughnut

[majiebeast]

Yeah i heard Sony is going to shutdown even though they exceeded profit expectations for this year and quarter.

[Legatus]

Hahaha, guys don't feed the troll just ignore him.

[TheColbertinator]

Hopefully they are making a new Syphon Filter afterward

[SaveFerris]

Sony obviously has high hopes for the game and the studio.

[BlakHavoc]

My heart stopped for a second cause for some reason I initially thought I was about to read something about Bend shutting down and Days Gone getting canned.

[korgun]

the submitter should have put a better title.

[ThatGuyDart]

I want to see more of Days Gone, especially the multiplayer. Zombie games are usually a turn off but hopefully Sony Bend has developed something that stands out from the rest. I could see a GTA style multiplayer with zombies, that would be nice.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

I agree. I think this game is going to be truly special.

[mastiffchild]

Isnt this the game where they said the "freakers" really arent zombies because they think and have some rules and such governing behaviour and not aimlessly craving brains or flesh?

If so theres many more possibilities for team based and asymmetrical multiplayer scenarios beyond what we saw with L4D or even evolve. Im hopeful someone, be it bend or elsewhere cracks the zombie game type wide open with something fresh and challenging.

Hard to say from what little we have seen but, technically, for a console game it looks really impressive and the right noises are coming from both dev and publisher. Wasnt too hyped at reveal but the bits ive heard since have me interested-it just needs to innovate in the genres it crosses and do the usual stuff super well as a base.

[MrSec84]

I don't recall any multiplayer being mentioned by Bend, for Days Gone, seems like it's Single Player focused.

BTW this isn't a Zombie Game, because the main antagonists are still alive, they're Humans that have become feral, they have individual behavior and they have personalities, instead of being mindless hordes.

[MasterCornholio]

Nice to hear that the studio is growing. Hopefully Days Gone ends up being successful for them.

[Legatus]

Nice, just keep investing and improving your first party studios Sony. That's the future of Playstation.

[Manhunt123]

WE WANT SYPHON FILTER :(

[Ulf]

Wow. Is this really news? Studios move all the time...

Is N4G really into zoning and construction costs, these days? Is it because this is a Sony first party studio that their moving is "big news"? Because we all live in Bend, Oregon, and are going to really notice, right?

How about some news about their game?

[Razzer]

You clicked to get here

[_-EDMIX-_]

Sony's no joke,they don't play around when it comes investing in new Talent.