Supermassive Games, the independent UK studio behind Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology, has announced another round of layoffs that could affect up to 75 employees. The cuts arrive less than three months after the release of Directive 8020 and represent the studio’s third redundancy process in under three years. In a statement shared on social media, Supermassive said: 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 help ensure the sustainability of […]

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Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, is preparing for a significant round of layoffs following the release of its latest title, Directive 8020. The company expects around 75 employees to be let go following a reduncancy consultation process. 

In a statement on X, Supermassive said: “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 help ensure the sustainability of the company. We know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone, and our priority throughout the process will be to provide support to all those impacted.”

Directive 8020 only released in May, but early signs suggest the game has struggled commercially. According to Steam Charts, the title has seen just 60 players in the last 24 hours, with an all-time peak of roughly 3000 players since launch.

Supermassive has grown significantly over the past decade thanks to its narrative driven horror games, but the studio has also expanded its output and team size during that time. With Directive 8020 failing to gain traction, the company now appears to be scaling back to ensure long term sustainability.

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KitGuru Says: Supermassive has been one of the more consistent studios in the horror genre, but Directive 8020 was met with mixed reviews on Steam. Hopefully Supermassive can turn things around with its next project. 

Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, is undergoing a leadership change. Just over a month on from the release of the studio's latest game, Directive 8020, Supermassive CEO, Robert Henrysson, has announced that he has stepped down from his role and departed parent company Nordisk Games entirely.

As reported by VGC, Henrysson shared the news in a post on LinkedIn, marking the end of his tenure at both Supermassive and Nordisk Games with a statement:

“Today marks the end of a very rewarding chapter of my professional life, as I prepare to depart from Nordisk Games, and as the CEO of Supermassive Games Ltd. It’s been a fantastic time. During my years as Chairman and later, as interim CEO for Avalanche Studios Group, we saw the studio’s revenue and profit triple.”

“Leading a studio is never a one-man job, it is the entire team’s effort. Our commitment to continuous improvement was, and continues to be, central to everything we do. To everyone at Supermassive Games, I am so grateful for everything I’ve learnt and experienced with all of you. You are the greatest storytelling game studio on earth”.

Henrysson’s departure comes at a notable moment for Supermassive. The studio has multiple projects in motion and just released Directive 8020, the fifth game in the Dark Pictures Anthology. It is unclear if a sixth game is on the way, or if Supermassive will move on to something else under new leadership.

KitGuru Says: Have you played the Dark Pictures Anthology games? Would you recommend them? 

Supermassive Games, the studio behind games like Until Dawn, The Quarry, The Dark Pictures Anthology and most recently, Little Nightmares 3 followed by Directive 8020 is officially going through a bit of transition. Robert Henrysson, chief executive officer of the studio and partner to its parent company Nordisk Games, is stepping down from his role, Nordisk Games announced today. He's being replaced by Graeme Law in the interim while Supermassive looks for its next leader. Nordisk shared the news on LinkedIn, where Henrysson soon followed with his own statement. Henrysson was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Avalanche Studios, […]

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With PC games growing increasingly complex nowadays — especially those built on Epic Games' infamous Unreal Engine 5 — default/maxed-out graphics settings rarely, if ever, strike the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance that most PC gamers seek, and Directive 8020 is sadly no exception to this rule. As a demanding UE5-powered cinematic horror game, it should come as no surprise that the game's maxed-out High graphics preset, even without ray tracing or path tracing enabled, can be quite GPU-heavy. However, what is a bit more disappointing is that Directive 8020 ends up being heavier on the GPU than […]

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NVIDIA's latest GeForce drivers are now available for players to download ahead of a couple of major releases within the week, including Forza Horizon 6, Directive 8020, and Subnautica 2 all arriving with support for DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and DLSS with Multi-Frame Generation. Beginning with Directive 8020, which just released yesterday, Supermassive Games' latest horror adventure arrives with support for DLSS 4.5, as mentioned, and it also supports DLSS Ray Reconstruction and Path Tracing at launch. If you're curious about Directive 8020 but have yet to jump in yourself, you can check out Kai Tatsumoto's review for Wccftech, and […]

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British developer Supermassive Games is about to launch Directive 8020, the fifth mainline game in its The Dark Pictures Anthology horror game series, following Man of Medan, Little Hope, House of Ashes, and The Devil in Me (there was also the PS VR2 exclusive Switchback). Directive 8020 is special within the franchise for at least two reasons: it's the first entry to drop the anthology name "The Dark Pictures" from the title, and it's also the first one to take place in a sci-fi setting. Set in the near future, the game follows the five-person crew of the Cassiopeia, a colony reconnaissance […]

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