{"id":2088093,"date":"2026-08-11T13:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2088093"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:12:33","slug":"until-dawn-and-little-nightmares-3-studio-supermassive-announces-further-layoffs-with-as-many-as-75-people-expected-to-lose-their-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2088093","title":{"rendered":"Until Dawn and Little Nightmares 3 studio Supermassive announces further layoffs, with as many as 75 people expected to lose their jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Until Dawn and Little Nightmares 3 studio Supermassive announces further layoffs, with as many as 75 people expected to lose their jobs<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;This is a necessary step to ensure the sustainability of our company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/little-nightmares-3-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Little Nightmares 3 artwork showing its creepy kid protagonists Low and Alone standing on a pile of furniture.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"little-nightmares-3-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Supermassive Games\/Bandai Namco<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-11T13:12:33+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 11, 2026, 1:12 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/little-nightmares-3-dark-pictures-supermassive-layoffs?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"7af022bf-6bb9-4870-82e1-1cbec0338b82\" data-name=\"Little Nightmares III\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Little Nightmares III\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Little Nightmares III\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Little Nightmares III\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Little Nightmares III\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Little Nightmares III\" title=\"Follow Little Nightmares III\"><br \/>\n  Follow Little Nightmares III<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Supermassive &#8211; the UK studio best known for its cinematic horror games including Until Dawn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-quarry\">The Quarry<\/a>, and the Dark Pictures Anthology series &#8211; has announced more layoffs, this time affecting as many as 75 employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuperMGames\/status\/2087142850936885520?s=20\">studio wrote in a statement shared on social media<\/a>. &#8220;This is a necessary step to ensure the sustainability of our company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone,&#8221; it added. &#8220;And our priority throughout the process will be to provide support to all those impacted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s planned redundancies mark Supermassive&#8217;s third round of job cuts in the last two years. In July 2025, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/supermassive-games-delays-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020-following-layoffs\">announced layoffs affecting up to 36 employees<\/a>, saying the move was necessary to &#8220;adapt our team structure to better align with recent industry changes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That followed confirmation of a &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; in February 2024, which the company said would impact &#8220;some&#8221; of its team. While the studio&#8217;s statement didn&#8217;t expand on that number, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-02-26\/british-game-maker-supermassive-set-to-lay-off-90-workers\">report by Bloomberg<\/a> claimed 150 employees had been told their jobs were at risk, and that 90 redundancies were expected.<\/p>\n<p>Supermassive most recently released its cinematic sci-fi horror adventure Directive 8020, the fifth entry in its Dark Pictures Anthology series, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/directive-8020-review\">launched to mixed reviews<\/a> in May. That was preceded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/little-nightmares-iii\">Little Nightmares 3<\/a> last October, which saw Supermassive take over the much-loved horror series from original studio Tarsier with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/little-nightmares-3-review\">equally mixed results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Supermassive &#8211; the UK studio best known for its cinematic horror games including Until Dawn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-quarry\">The Quarry<\/a>, and the Dark Pictures Anthology series &#8211; has announced more layoffs, this time affecting as many as 75 employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuperMGames\/status\/2087142850936885520?s=20\">studio wrote in a statement shared on social media<\/a>. &#8220;This is a necessary step to ensure the sustainability of our company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone,&#8221; it added. &#8220;And our priority throughout the process will be to provide support to all those impacted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s planned redundancies mark Supermassive&#8217;s third round of job cuts in the last two years. In July 2025, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/supermassive-games-delays-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020-following-layoffs\">announced layoffs affecting up to 36 employees<\/a>, saying the move was necessary to &#8220;adapt our team structure to better align with recent industry changes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That followed confirmation of a &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; in February 2024, which the company said would impact &#8220;some&#8221; of its team. While the studio&#8217;s statement didn&#8217;t expand on that number, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-02-26\/british-game-maker-supermassive-set-to-lay-off-90-workers\">report by Bloomberg<\/a> claimed 150 employees had been told their jobs were at risk, and that 90 redundancies were expected.<\/p>\n<p>Supermassive most recently released its cinematic sci-fi horror adventure Directive 8020, the fifth entry in its Dark Pictures Anthology series, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/directive-8020-review\">launched to mixed reviews<\/a> in May. 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