In yet one more spherical of dangerous information for the gaming trade, Till Daybreak and The Darkish Footage developer Supermassive Video games is about to be hit by a wave of layoffs. 

As reported by Bloomberg, the studio has notified 150 workers that their jobs are probably being minimize within the close to future. Supermassive Video games is anticipated to put off 90 workers, slightly below a 3rd of its roughly 300 individual group. 

The corporate tweeted out a assertion addressing the upcoming modifications and the method it’s present process to determine which positions are being eliminated. As a part of the transfer, the corporate mentioned, “We’re getting into right into a interval of session, which we anticipate will consequence within the lack of a few of our colleagues.” The corporate mentioned it plans to “focus our efforts on our core strengths and upcoming titles.” 

Supermassive Video games is the corporate behind some spectacular horror video games like Till Daybreak. The studio launched one other horror hit, The Quarry, in 2022, the identical 12 months that the corporate was acquired by Nordisk Video games, and is presently engaged on Little Nightmares 3 and a brand new horror recreation set within the Useless by Daylight universe.

Working within the online game trade is rarely simple, but it surely feels significantly tough on the market proper now. In 2023 we noticed roughly 9,000 layoffs within the gaming trade. The consequences ripple out past simply recreation builders, with corporations like Twitch additionally being affected. Sadly, 2024 doesn’t appear to be bucking that pattern anytime quickly. In January alone we noticed layoffs and canceled video games from builders like Black Forest Video games and Eidos Montreal. Supermassive Video games is the most recent studio to get hit with layoffs, but it surely appears unlikely to be the final.