Days Gone Developer Bend Studio is Hosting a Livestream to Reveal Its New Logo

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Unfortunate controversies have stirred around developer Bend Studio and the alleged success or failure of Days Gone. Though that discourse happened some time ago, it seems as if the critical reception to Days Gone, as well as Sony’s perception of its sales, has had some effect on the developer and what it would be slated to work on next.

Rumors have since suggested that Bend could be working on a PS5-exclusive Men in Black game; further, a petition for a Days Gone sequel reached a milestone of 150,000 signatures back in February and is now at over 170,000 signatures. The only official clarification has come from Hermen Hulst last year, stating that Bend’s next game will be a new IP, but that leaves a ton of room for speculation still. Now, while fans have been relatively in the dark with regard to what Bend’s next move is as a developer, it appears as if rebranding is in the works.

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Bend has recently shared on social media that it will be hosting a “special live stream” on Twitch in honor of unveiling its new studio logo. Rather, no news about an upcoming game or other such information is teased. The reveal of a new logo in a livestream seems like a rather small announcement that could have potentially been dropped otherwise, but Bend hosts livestreams each week, and thus it makes sense to unveil it there. Bend may be rebranding structurally with a new logo being the first of many changes to the studio that fans can look forward to in tomorrow’s livestream at 12 PM PT.

Either way, fans should temper their expectations for any ulterior motives behind its new logo reveal. Bend has recently clarified that there will be no game announcement during the