Bend Studio and PlayStation have released a new update for the recent PC release of Days Gone. As the studio counts the days up to the release of the upcoming Broken Road DLC, the released update brings with it improvements to the game’s visuals, as well as support for the haptic feedback feature when using a DualSense controller.
The major feature of the update is the fact that Days Gone gets improvements to the visuals of its world. While the studio hasn’t gone into too many details about this in the patch notes, there are mentions of new sky atmospheric and simulations that help make the game’s skybox look generally better thanks to more accurate intensities of sunlight. The same lighting enhancements also apply to night time in Days Gone, making it “significantly” darker.
The visual improvements were likely made to bring the PC version of Days Gone more in-line with the upcoming PS5 release of Days Gone Remastered on April 25. The new console release will feature visual enhancements, along with new game modes with options like Permadeath and a Speedrun mode. This gameplay content, along with the Horde Assault mode, will be available on PC through the Broken Road DLC, which can be picked up for $10 and will be available on the platform on the same day as the PS5 release of Days Gone Remastered.
Days Gone, originally released on the PS4 all the way back in 2019, made its way on to PC in 2021. The title is an open-world game that puts players in the shoes of a biker trying to survive in a world that has been infested by zombies. One of the main hooks of Days Gone is the fact that the protagonist’s bike is an incredibly important thing. Along with being the main method of exploration in the open world, the bike can also be upgraded in various ways, ranging from making it more fuel efficient and faster, to even being able to kill some zombies more efficiently.
The PC version of Days Gone was released with a host of features, including New Game Plus, Survival Mode, Challenge Mode, and additional bike skins. There were also quite a few PC-centric features added to the game, such as unlocked frame rates, improved visuals, and support for ultrawide displays.
Leading up to its upcoming PS5 release, Days Gone Remastered got a new trailer showing off its new Horde Assault game mode. In the trailer, we got to see insanely large swarms of zombies, as well as new playable characters for the mode like Boozer, O’Brian, Iron Make, and a NERO soldier.
For more details about Days Gone, check out our review from back when it came out on PC. In the meantime, also check out our thoughts on why the Days Gone Remaster on PS5 might be worth a look.
Days Gone PC Update patch notes:
- DualSense haptic feedback support
- Accessibility features
- World graphical improvements
- New Atmospheric/Sky simulation using ozone and spectral light simulation: Improves overall color tone and produces more accurate light intensities for the sky and sunlight
- Significantly darker night time
- Improved screen space indirect lighting and ambient occlusion effects
- Double shadowmap resolution when Shadow Quality is set to Highest
- Additional improvements
