Supermassive – the UK studio best known for its cinematic horror games including Until Dawn, The Quarry, and the Dark Pictures Anthology series – has announced more layoffs, this time affecting as many as 75 employees.
“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,” the studio wrote in a statement shared on social media. “This is a necessary step to ensure the sustainability of our company.
“We know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone,” it added. “And our priority throughout the process will be to provide support to all those impacted.”
Today’s planned redundancies mark the studio’s third round of job cuts in the last two years. In July 2025, it announced layoffs affecting up to 36 employees, saying the move was necessary to “adapt our team structure to better align with recent industry changes”.
That followed confirmation of a “reorganisation” in February 2024, which Supermassive said would impact “some” of its employees. While the studio’s statement didn’t expand on that number, a report by Bloomberg claimed 150 employees had been told their jobs were at risk, and that 90 redundancies were expected.
Supermassive most recently released the fifth entry in its Dark Pictures Anthology series, the cinematic sci-fi horror adventure Directive 8020, to mixed reviews in May. That was preceded by Little Nightmares 3 last October, which saw Supermassive take over the much-loved horror series from original studio Tarsier with equally mixed results.
