Supermassive Games, the studio finest recognized for making choice-filled horror video games which are borderline interactive motion pictures, introduced that it’s planning to lay off workers as job losses proceed to devastate the gaming trade.
In a statement posted on Twitter/X, the developer acknowledged the challenges the gaming trade presently faces with mass layoffs, and that it was not “immune” to this. It said it was “enterprise a reorganisation” of its studio and deliberate to enter “right into a interval of session,” which might have an effect on a few of its workers.
Though Supermassive didn’t disclose what number of workers are affected, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier wrote before the announcement that the British developer deliberate to lay off “round 90 employees.”
“This isn’t a choice that’s been taken calmly,” Supermassive mentioned, “with many efforts made to keep away from this consequence.”
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Supermassive Games opened its doorways in 2008, however the studio made a reputation for itself in 2015 with the discharge of Until Dawn. Within the years since, Supermassive has established itself as a horror recreation developer specializing in narrative-driven video games emphasizing participant selection.
Most notably, the studio has partnered with Bandai Namco to develop The Darkish Photos Anthology collection, which has spawned 4 video games and a fifth presently in improvement, as well as to an spinoff on-rails shooter launched final yr on PS VR2. Moreover, Supermassive is engaged on Little Nightmares 3 and The Casting of Frank Stone, the latter a single-player narrative recreation set in Behaviour Interactive’s Useless by Daylight universe.
Supermassive is only one of many builders to endure layoffs, with over 6,000 jobs impacted this yr alone. Different corporations affected embody Sega of America, Embracer Group, and Microsoft.
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