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Update: Speaking as part of a Giant Bomb podcast, snoopster Jeff Grubb has effectively confirmed Days Gone is getting remastered. He’d previously hinted at a “less exciting” PS5 remaster than the leaked Horizon Zero Dawn, which prompted Jordan Middler of VGC to imply it was the Bend Studio open worlder. Now the story’s come full circle and Grubb has effectively confirmed this was what he was referring to. “Yeah, this is it,” he admitted.

Days Gone already runs at a relatively flawless 60fps in 4K on the PS5, so it’ll be interesting to see what it actually improves here. Our guess is that this will be a Director’s Cut-style deal, similar to Ghost of Tsushima, which will probably carry a relatively low $10 upgrade fee. Presumably we’ll need to wait until next week’s rumoured State of Play to find out for sure.

Original Article: A rumour rapidly gathering pace on social media suggests Sony may be remastering Days Gone. The open world game from Bend Studio launched at the tail end of the PS4 generation, in 2019, but was updated on the PS5 to run at 60 frames-per-second. It actually looks and plays great on new-gen hardware with backwards compatibility.

Speculation seems to have started with VGC reporter Jordan Middler, who retweeted a story claiming there’s a “less exciting” remaster from Sony on the way. He added the caption: “If he was angry that his character is in Astro Bot, he’s going to lose his mind at this.”

This will go down well

After 57% said they don't want Horizon Zero Dawn

Those of you who’ve been paying attention may recall Days Gone director John Garvin putting Astro Bot on blast for protagonist Deacon St John’s cameo in the platformer. Unless this is some kind of joke, all this appears to imply that Days Gone is the next remaster on the way from PlayStation, alongside Horizon Zero Dawn.

If true, this would be an unusual move from Sony: it appears to have little interest in continuing the Days Gone franchise, after a sequel pitch was rejected. Bend