There has been an uneasy quiet around Bend Studio, the team behind Days Gone and Syphon Filter, in recent years. Although the PlayStation-owned developer has long indicated it was working on a new title, concrete details never surfaced.
It has now come to light that the silence had a reason — and it’s unlikely to please fans of the Oregon studio.
Former employee Robert Morrison revealed that after three years of development on the new game, no meaningful progress had been achieved. The project, internally dubbed Mirror Pond, was envisioned as a live-service title built on the Decima engine, known from Guerrilla Games’ work. However, a lack of clear direction and prolonged production stagnation culminated in the project’s full cancellation. Morrison worked as a senior animator from July 2022 to June 2025 and mentioned the project on his LinkedIn profile.
Neither Sony nor Bend Studio have issued an official comment, but these reports raise questions about the studio’s future — it has not released a new game in several years. After Days Gone’s commercial success, fans had hoped the next project would serve as a fresh start. Instead, Bend Studio appears to be searching again for an idea that could reclaim its place among PlayStation’s prominent studios.
Source: iXBT.games