Review Game Days Gone

We've now got that all important Days Gone release date: February 22, 2019. Plus, thanks to E3, we've seen more gameplay and those freaker hordes in action. A lot of the new Days Gone info back ups what we already knew - that's it's a free-roaming zombie game where player choice, weather, time of day, tactics and wildlife can thoroughly randomise your playthrough. Here's everything we know about Days Gone right now:

Fast facts
Days Gone PS4 release date: February 22, 2019
Developer: SIE Bend Studio
Publisher: Sony
Format: PS4
The Days Gone release date is 2019
The Days Gone release date is  officially February 22, 2019, and yes that is delayed. Sony had previously been aiming for an unspecific 2018 Days Gone release date which eventually slipped to a Q1/Q2 2019 release date. However, that's now been nailed down to February 22. It's a way off admittedly but do you want it now? Or do you want it good?

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Days Gone PS4 exclusivity is not up for discussion
For anyone asking if the game will come to PC or Xbox, it won't. It just won't. Sony Bend is a Sony studio, as the name suggests, and Days Gone PS4 only status is just about one of the few things you can be sure of in this world right now. Conceivably it could come to PC via Sony's PS Now streaming service, but if you're searching for other Days Gone formats, stop.

Don't expect Days Gone coop or multiplayer
Games take quite a lot of work to make, cost loads and don't tend to do 'ta-da!' surprises on potential selling points that could ensure success. For that reason, don't expect a Days Gone coop or multiplayer mode to suddenly appear without warning. The game's out early next year and this E3 passed without any mention of a Days Gone multiplayer or coop option. Not to mention the game's large, open world, day/night and weather cycles, and massive enemy counts don't favour an online or multiplayer mode. And Days Gone story is totally focused on Deacon, as the lone troubled antihero struggling to survive.

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How long is Days Gone?
How long Days Gone actually is, is a pretty speculative question given it's open world gameplay. However, developer Sony Bend has been talking about the 'golden path' lasting around 30 hours. That's referring to a play through that just focuses on the single player missions. Given that this is a game full of side quests, exploration and random emergent events expect an actual playthrough to last much longer than that. 

Who are the Days Gone cast and actors?
Of the few Days Gone voice actors we know about, Sam Witwer is the main one as the actor behind Deacon St. John. He's probably best known for playing the vampire in the US version of Being Human, but you might recognise him as Starkiller from the Star Wars Force Unleashed games. Emily O'Brien has also been attached to the game but only via a Death Stranding leak, and she isn't currently officially listed anywhere. Kaiwi Lymanm who previously appeared in American Horror Story, is also playing a character called Leon but one of the first missions in the game is to find and kill him so let's not too attached.