Update: SIE provided this statement to KTVZ News regarding the reduction in workforce at Sony's Bend Studio. "Earlier this year, Bend Studio wrapped development on a live service concept. After ...

Sony's first-party Bend Studio has undergone a round of layoffs following the cancellation of "a live service concept". As first reported by Bloomberg, it's claimed that roughly a third of employees ...

Earlier this year, Sony cancelled a live-service game that was in development at Bend Studio. Now, the company is laying off workers. Sony is reportedly letting go 40 employees at Bend, representing ...

TL;DR: Sony Bend Studio is laying off 30% of its staff, about 40 employees, following the cancellation of a costly live service game project. Sony cites rising costs and strategic shifts to ensure the ...

Layoffs already happened when their live service game was cancelled last January. Bend Studio has confirmed they have held a new round of layoffs. Word first spread from Jason Schreier, who shared ...

Kevin McAllister, Community Manager for Sony Bend Studio, has issued statement on X thanking those who have reached out to the studio in support after news broke last week that its live service title ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment's Bend Studio has laid off 30 percent of staff today, according to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier. This would be around 40 people let go. Bend Studio recently cancelled a ...

A former employee at Days Gone developer Sony Bend Studio has claimed on their LinkedIn profile that the company has multiple cancelled/unannounced projects. Jacob Fieth worked at Sony Bend from ...

Update 1/20/2025: The fact the staff found out the day the rest of the public found out about the cancelling of games has since been debunked. Jason Schreier posted on BlueSky detailing that, “I’ve ...

The developer of Days Gone has said it still plans to create “cool s**t” after parent company Sony canceled its unannounced live-service game. Last week, Sony canceled two unannounced live-service ...

It’s been over five years since we’ve known what Bend was working on. We have new insight on the situation behind the scenes at Sony’s Bend Studio. That takes us to today. Timur222 found a LinkedIn ...