Until Dawn devs Supermassive lay off "up to 36" workers, delay interstellar horror Directive 8020

Little Nightmares 3's improvement unaffected by cuts

Supermassive Games, champion known for processing the likes of Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, person announced they've begun the consultation process for a circular of redundancies that'll impact "up to 36" staff. As portion of this, sci-fi fearfulness crippled Directive 8020 has had its merchandise delayed to aboriginal adjacent year.

Meanwhile, Supermassive person confirmed that the improvement of puzzler Little Nightmares 3 hasn't been affected by these occupation cuts, with that crippled inactive being connected way to travel retired October 10th.

In a connection posted to societal media, the workplace blamed these layoffs connected a request to "better align" with the games manufacture being "a challenging and ever-evolving environment", immoderate that means.

"This determination was not taken lightly, and we cognize this volition beryllium an incredibly hard clip for everyone. Our implicit precedence volition beryllium to connection afloat enactment to each those affected," Supermassive wrote, "We stay focused connected our upcoming projects and person made the determination to determination the motorboat of Directive 8020 to the archetypal fractional of 2026. The effect to the crippled truthful acold has been fantastic, and this further clip volition assistance america present the precise champion acquisition for our fans."

This latest circular astatine layoffs travel the workplace reportedly laying disconnected astir 90 workers successful February 2024, citing akin reasoning to that which they've employed present successful a societal station that looked beauteous akin too.

Directive 8020, a standalone introduction successful The Dark Pictures Anthology, was archetypal leaked backmost successful 2022. Supermassive pencilled successful a 2025 merchandise for it arsenic portion of a due announcement past summer, which showed disconnected a crippled the precise overmuch looked similar it'd beryllium putting the operation 'in space, nary 1 tin perceive you scream' to the test. It's each astir a colony vessel called Cassiopeia clang landing connected a satellite and its unit past having further atrocious times arsenic they're hunted down by an alien organism successful existent Xenomorphy fashion.

"Earth is dying and humanity is moving retired of time," reads the archetypal enactment of Directive 8020's blurb, which I privation didn't vaguely consciousness similar it unintentionally reflects the temper successful the games manufacture close now.