Official Ballistic Moon (Until Dawn Remake) Suffers Layoffs Ahead Of Launch

[Sphinx]

Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon has laid off an unspecified number of employees ahead of the game's release on 4th October.

Whilst the British studio has not formally acknowledged the layoffs in a statement on any of its social media channels, at least two former devs have announced their redundancies on LinkedIn.

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon lays off staff ahead of the game's release in October

"As the games industry continues to face complex challenges, we at Ballistic Moon are confronted with some difficult re…

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[BloodyMAry]

Hold on, the executives at Sony already expect failure? Is this some kind of money laundering scheme?

 

[Bellzy]

It’s pretty low to let them work on the game and then pull something like that.

 

[James Sunderland]

Gaming boomed during COVID, leading to overhiring. Now that sales have leveled off, this is the consequence. It won't end until companies either cut enough staff or go bankrupt.

 

[Ariaashes]

Is it too much to ask for a couple of months without hearing about layoffs? Actually, let’s aim for a whole year without any layoffs.