Days Gone director John Garvin doesn’t appear thrilled that PlayStation’s thirtieth anniversary trailer leaves out Bend Studio regardless of its contributions to the console’s historical past. The 2-minute heartfelt tribute to followers, subtitled ‘Thank You,’ options quite a lot of video games together with Bloodborne, with Garvin declaring that the trailer doesn’t acknowledge Bend Studio in any respect.
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It’s true that trailer doesn’t characteristic any of Bend Studio’s video games, however to be truthful, there’s solely a lot Sony can pack into two minutes and fairly just a few noteworthy franchises didn’t make the reduce. Moreover, the trailer doesn’t revolve round PlayStation exclusives, and contains fairly just a few third-party multiplatform video games.
You’ll be able to see each Garvin’s tweet and the trailer in query under.
Again in September, Garvin attracted lots of criticism for his tweet about Days Gone protagonist Deacon St. John’s inclusion in Astro Bot. He complained that the character has been “lowered to selling different video games” even supposing Astro Bot options characters from a plethora of video games and franchises each first and third occasion.
For its half, Bend Studio appears fed up with Days Gone discourse, and is quietly engaged on a brand new IP, which has but to be revealed.