Supermassive Games has begun a redundancy consultation process the studio expects will cost up to 75 jobs, announced in a brief statement posted to social media on August 11. It is the third round of cuts in three years at the Guildford, Surrey developer behind Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology.
We have made the difficult decision to begin a redundancy consultation process, which we anticipate will result in the loss of up to 75 of our colleagues. This is a necessary step to help ensure the sustainability of the company. We know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone, and our priority throughout the process will be to provide support to all those impacted.
The company used near-identical language for its two previous rounds. Supermassive confirmed a reorganisation in February 2024 without giving a figure; Bloomberg reported at the time that 150 jobs had been placed at risk and around 90 redundancies were expected. A second round in July 2025 cut roughly 35 more staff and came alongside a further delay to Directive 8020. IGN reports the studio employed about 350 people in 2023, a total this latest consultation would roughly halve.
The cuts land three months after the release of Directive 8020, the fifth entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology and the first Supermassive self-published rather than shipping through Bandai Namco, which handled Man of Medan, Little Hope, House of Ashes and The Devil in Me. Originally scheduled for October 2025, Directive 8020 arrived in May 2026 to mixed critical reception and holds a Metacritic score of 72. It followed Little Nightmares 3, which Supermassive took over from original developer Tarsier and released in October 2025 to a similarly divided response.
Supermassive was acquired by Nordisk Games in 2022. The group also owns Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios, which closed its Liverpool office in the past year, and Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam, which has run its own round of job cuts. Nordisk Film's parent, the Egmont Group, reported an operating profit of 140 million euros on revenues of 2.2 billion euros in 2025. Former Supermassive chief executive Robert Henrysson, who joined the studio in January 2024, stepped down in June 2026.
Supermassive has not said how many staff will remain once the consultation concludes, and it has no new project publicly announced. Sony revealed Until Dawn 2 in June, but that game is in development at Firesprite rather than at the studio that made the original.
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