Days Gone was the first original IP from Bend Studio, the Sony-owned studio behind Siphon Filter, in over a decade. The Oregon-based company spent six years making this open-world action-adventure game, and it dramatically increased its employee count in order to accommodate the title's development. Leading up to its release, there seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm from both developers and fans surrounding Days Gone. Sony appeared very confident in the title; so much so, in fact, that the company showed it off twice during its legendary E3 2016 conference.