{"id":757428,"date":"2025-11-26T18:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:01:42","slug":"until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Until Dawn, Dark Pictures developer Supermassive to lay off around 90 staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nSupermassive Games, the Guildford-based developer behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and the Dark Pictures anthology horror series, has announced job losses &#8220;with deep regret&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe studio confirmed it would shed staff via a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperMGames\/status\/1762125258159431750\">statement<\/a> posted to social media platform X, in which it blamed &#8220;significant challenges&#8221; facing the games industry to which it was not &#8220;immune&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-02-26\/british-game-maker-supermassive-set-to-lay-off-90-workers\">Bloomberg<\/a> report states around 150 people were told their jobs were at risk this morning, with around 90 staff eventually expected to leave the business following a consultation period. Supermassive is believed to currently employ around 350 staff in total.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermassive Games, the Guildford-based developer behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and the Dark Pictures anthology horror series, has announced job losses &#8220;with deep regret&#8221;. The studio confirmed it would shed staff via a statement posted to social media platform X, in which it blamed &#8220;significant challenges&#8221; facing the games industry to which it was not &#8220;immune&#8221;. A Bloomberg report states around 150 people were told their jobs were at risk this morning, with around 90 staff eventually expected to leave the business following a consultation period. Supermassive is believed to currently employ around 350 staff in total. 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