Days Gone developer SIE Bend Studio seem to be moving ahead with the production of their next AAA project. A new job listing posted by the studio for the listing of Senior Staff Technical Artist makes mention of a new AAA project that looks like it’s in the works, and mentions some interesting stuff particular to animations.

The studio seems to be aspiring for significantly improved animations, with the job ab mentioning “high quality character rigs with cinematic-quality facial articulation.” It also talks about character movements that “look as realistic as possible,” as well as “realistic deformation for faces, bodies, and clothes.”

It really isn’t much of a surprise that Bend are working on their next game, especially with the PS5 launching soon. In fact, the game has seemingly been in production for a while now. What that next game will be remains to be seen, but given Days Gone’s commercial success, it’s a pretty good bet that they might be working on a sequel.

Last year, the developers talked about how they aspired to turn Days Gone into a franchise and explore “many, many different avenues.” Read more on that through here.

Last year’s Sony E3 presser was chock-full of big name reveals but despite that, SIE Bend Studios’ new IP Days Gone managed to make an impact. The open world-esque zombie survival title impressed us with its ability to render hordes of the undead at once.

Not a lot has been said about Days Gone since then but it will apparently be at E3 2017. This is according to Sam Witwer, who voices lead character Deacon St. John and said on a recent stream (at 13:16) that the game will be at E3 2017 “in a big way”.

Given how an appearance hasn’t officially been confirmed by the developer, it’s best to stay a little skeptical. Still, this is as close to official as we’ll get right now.

What could E3 2017 hold? Probably the world itself being showcased along with more information on different side activities, gameplay elements and so on. What do you hope to see? Let us know in the comments below.