We’re around a month away from Days Gone Remastered launching on April 25, a shiny new edition of Bend Studio’s somewhat overlooked open-world zombie game. If you want to know the details of how to upgrade your copy of the game for $10 to the new edition, check out my quick guide here.
The new edition will, of course, have upgraded graphics but it’s also coming with some new content. And it’s because of that new content that Bend Studios has announced the remaster will also have six new trophies to unlock. Most are based on the Horde Assault mode, but there’s also a trophy for beating the new Permadeath mode, along with one called Sarah’s Gift which requires players to find something Deacon thought lost.
Here’s the new trophies in more detail:
| More Freakers, More Problems | Defeat an increased size horde in Horde Assault |
| I’m On Top of the World | Beat the target score for all levels in Horde Assault |
| Freakshow | Survive Horde Assault for 15 minutes |
| Survivor | Achieve max level in Horde Assault |
| Dead Don’t Ride | Complete the story of Days Gone in Permadeath mode on any difficulty |
| Sarah’s Gift | Find something important to Deacon that was thought lost |
Fun fact: “Dead Don’t Ride” was actually going to be the name of the game before it was changed to Days Gone.
Sarah’s Gift most likely refers a special paint job Deacon has on his bike in the prologue. He refers to as being a gift from Sarah, and after the prologue there’s no way of getting it back. It sounds like there will now be a way of getting, perhaps hinting at some new story content somewhere along the line. That’s maybe just wishful thinking, though.
Permadeath is exactly what you’d expect: a more hardcore survival experience where dying equals game over. Well, almost. If beating the game on Permadeath sounds daunting then there is some good news: if you do die, there is a single checkpoint you can reload at the beginning of the game’s second chapter.
It’s also worth remembering that any trophies unlocked in the PS4 version of the game will automatically pop for you in the upgrade. That will be helpful because it seems like getting the Platinum in the remaster will be a lot harder, unless they are somehow going to be separate from the rest of the list.
As for Horde Assault, it’s leveraging the power of the PS5 to enable even bigger hordes of zombies Freakers on screen. By surviving as long as possible you’ll earn points and in-game rewards.
All of this sounds pretty amazing since I’m a big fan of Days Gone. However, I’m one of the people who can’t make use of the $10 upgrade path and so will likely never play the remaster, at least unless it goes on a deep sale. I owned the game originally on disc but got rid of that when Sony gave the game away for free as part of PS Plus. Unfortunately, as stated in my guide, anyone who got the game via this way cannot use the $10 upgrade path.





