{"id":2181429,"date":"2026-10-06T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T06:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2181429"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T06:05:20","slug":"supermassive-games-suffers-layoffs-as-more-than-70-developers-seem-to-have-left-the-company-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2181429","title":{"rendered":"Supermassive Games suffers layoffs as more than 70 developers seem to have left the company this week"},"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 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In a statement posted to social media, the developer wrote: &#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. This is a necessary step to ensure the sustainability of our company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Directive 8020 announcement trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SHKcBNPoDts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seems that this layoff process has concluded as of this week, as now-former IT and facilities director Frank Tindle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7512806919758209025\/\">announced his departure on LinkedIn<\/a> with a fond farewell to other Supermassive staff in the same position as him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than 70 brilliant people are leaving Supermassive: developers, artists, producers, QA, operations and more. Any studio would be lucky to have them. If you&#8217;re hiring, DM me and I&#8217;ll make the introduction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Supermassive has suffered job cuts in recent memory. Back in July 2025, the studio announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/supermassive-games-delays-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020-following-layoffs\">up to 36 employees would be laid off<\/a>, claiming these cuts would allow them to &#8220;adapt our team structure to better align with recent industry changes&#8221;. This resulted in the delay of Directive 8020, a game that would go on to release this May.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/directive-8020-review\">That game proved divisive<\/a>, with the studio&#8217;s first dive into sci-fi horror tearing many between a stellar cast of characters and grating stealth gameplay. Still, the studio continues to release unique narrative titles for an audience of passionate fans. Here&#8217;s hoping the hard times are over for Supermassive, and those impacted by these recent layoffs land on their feet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Supermassive Games &#8211; the developer behind games such as Directive 8020 and the original Until Dawn &#8211; seems to have lost over 70 staff today as part of widespread layoffs at the company.<\/p>\n<p>Supermassive Games previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/little-nightmares-3-dark-pictures-supermassive-layoffs\">announced these were coming in August<\/a>. In a statement posted to social media, the developer wrote: &#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. This is a necessary step to ensure the sustainability of our company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Directive 8020 announcement trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SHKcBNPoDts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seems that this layoff process has concluded as of this week, as now-former IT and facilities director Frank Tindle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7512806919758209025\/\">announced his departure on LinkedIn<\/a> with a fond farewell to other Supermassive staff in the same position as him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than 70 brilliant people are leaving Supermassive: developers, artists, producers, QA, operations and more. Any studio would be lucky to have them. If you&#8217;re hiring, DM me and I&#8217;ll make the introduction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Supermassive has suffered job cuts in recent memory. Back in July 2025, the studio announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/supermassive-games-delays-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020-following-layoffs\">up to 36 employees would be laid off<\/a>, claiming these cuts would allow them to &#8220;adapt our team structure to better align with recent industry changes&#8221;. This resulted in the delay of Directive 8020, a game that would go on to release this May.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/directive-8020-review\">That game proved divisive<\/a>, with the studio&#8217;s first dive into sci-fi horror tearing many between a stellar cast of characters and grating stealth gameplay. Still, the studio continues to release unique narrative titles for an audience of passionate fans. Here&#8217;s hoping the hard times are over for Supermassive, and those impacted by these recent layoffs land on their feet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 Supermassive Games suffers layoffs as more than 70 developers seem to have left the company this week Includes developers, artists, producers, QA, operations and others. 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