Until Dawn Remake studio "effectively closed" following layoffs, says new report

“Nice reward for our hard work,” said 1 source

Until Dawn Remake players are inactive sharing bug reports with UK developer Ballistic Moon, but there's seemingly nary 1 near to respond. “The workplace has efficaciously closed now," 1 anonymous root told Insider Gaming.

An undisclosed fig of layoffs were publicly announced past September, soon earlier the Until Dawn remake's motorboat successful October. According to IG's source, these amounted to "roughly 40 employees". "Around 20" developers were allegedly kept connected for post-launch enactment until they themselves were laid disconnected past December, leaving a fistful of employees "at most" alongside workplace founders. "There are nary employees successful nationalist relations, marketing, oregon improvement left."

Ballistic Moon were reportedly unsuccessful successful their attempts to unafraid backing oregon publishers for caller projects, contempt pitches. New Until Dawn projects with steadfast Sony were reportedly "discussed but ne'er came to fruition". That's contempt actors Peter Stomare and Hayden Panettiere some making imaginable hints toward a sequel past year. Original Until Dawn creators Supermassive - who went done a circular of cuts past January - person yet to marque immoderate announcements.

"Most who spoke said that it was a mostly bully spot to work," constitute IG, though 1 of their sources claims that the layoffs followed overtime, and “weeks” of unpaid improvement work. “Nice reward for our hard work,” they said.

Ahem. Pay your workers. Pay your fucking workers. It's amended that no-one does overtime but if they do, wage your fucking workers and wage them well. If you don't wage your workers, you shouldn't ever beryllium allowed to beryllium successful a presumption of powerfulness arsenic agelong arsenic you live. Pay your workers. It would beryllium amended if cipher got laid disconnected but if it happens, marque definite you've paid your workers. Pay your fucking workers. Pay them. If you don't wage your workers they should beryllium legally allowed to ascent successful done your model astatine meal clip and devour the chickenhearted disconnected your sheet each nighttime until they've eaten capable chickenhearted to settee the debt. Pay your workers.

Sony and Ballistic Moon person yet to remark connected IG's report. We've reached retired for remark ourselves.