Overview
- MP1st reports that anonymous sources say Bend Studio is developing a third-person game built around cooperative play and that it is not planned as a live-service product.
- The outlet says the studio aims to reveal the title in 2027 and is targeting a 2027 launch while describing the project as further along in development than many expect.
- Those details are unconfirmed and the report explicitly warns that Sony or Bend could still change core features, including adding live-service elements or removing co-op.
- The new project follows Bend's earlier work on a cancelled live-service effort codenamed “Mirror Pond” and a previously pitched Days Gone sequel that PlayStation did not greenlight.
- If verified, the release would be Bend's first new full game since Days Gone (2019) and could shift PlayStation's first-party lineup for the coming years.