While Sony’s 2024 remake of the Supermassive Games classic ‘Until Dawn’ did not quite make the splash that the console maker had been hoping for, it appeared to be merely part of a greater plan. Following its announcement earlier this Summer, PlayStation have now confirmed that Until Dawn 2 will officially arrive early next year in January 2027.

Releasing a new trailer during their most recent State of Play, PlayStation confirmed that Until Dawn 2 will be released sooner than many expected – officially set to drop on the 28th of January 2027.

While a brief look, the trailer did offer a glimpse into the many different choices and consequences which one could make. Of course, with games such as these, it’s about more than just short-term decisions, and so we will have to wait and see how comprehensive these choices wind up being.

As mentioned, the original 2015 Until Dawn was developed by Supermassive Games, with its sequel instead being helmed by the relatively unknown Firesprite.

That said, the team made sure to note that “We've partnered with our friends at AdHoc Studio – the brilliant minds behind the acclaimed Dispatch – so you can expect a deeply layered story packed with rich characters, razor-sharp dialogue, fraught relationships, tough decisions, and yes… more than a few gruesome deaths.”

The original Until Dawn was somewhat of a lightning in a bottle, with Supermassive Games themselves being unable to recapture the magic in the years since. Hopefully Firesprite and AdHoc can do the original justice.

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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.

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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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While Sony’s 2024 remake of the Supermassive Games classic Until Dawn did not quite make the splash that the console maker may have been hoping for, it appears as though the release was all part of a larger plan. Following various leaks and rumours, PlayStation have now officially announced Until Dawn 2, featuring a brand new cast in a tropical island location.

Making the official announcement during Sony’s recent State of Play showcase, the console maker unveiled Until Dawn 2. Set to arrive some time next year, this sequel features a brand new cast of characters who are said to be fake ghost-hunting content creators. Of course, things go south and the group then need to try and survive whatever comes their way.

Being a story-focused experience, we did not get many details regarding gameplay, though the trailer did showcase one instance of players having to make a split-second choice. As with the first game, all of the characters can die, and all of them can survive depending on your choices made throughout.

While perhaps not a complete surprise due to prior leaks, the announcement also confirmed that Until Dawn 2 is being developed by an entirely different studio to the original and even the remake, with Firesprite said to be taking on the task.

For the uninitiated, Firesprite is a relatively new part of PlayStation Studios, being acquired back in 2021. Under Sony, the company has released the PSVR 2 exclusive Horizon Call of the Mountain, and was tasked with making a new Twisted Metal game – before being ultimately cancelled.

Given the studio’s VR-ladden roots, it will be interesting to see whether the team manage to successfully bring Until Dawn back into the limelight – and whether it will include support for virtual reality.

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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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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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One of the most curious remakes which we’ve received in recent years was that of Until Dawn – released back in October 2024 courtesy of Ballistic Moon Studios. Within months of the game’s launch the studio was said to have been “effectively closed”. Though unconfirmed at the time, Ballistic Moon’s fate has now been revealed, with the studio officially being dissolved.

As reported by Insider-Gaming (who first made claims about Ballistic Moon back in 2025), the studio has now officially been dissolved as of February 2026 – marking the end of what was a relatively short existence.

Founded in 2019, Ballistic Moon was created by ex-devs from SuperMassive Games; the original team behind Until Dawn. The remake served as the studio’s first project and unfortunately was not received too warmly, achieving a Metacritic score of 70 (compared to the original’s 79).

While the title did receive some post-release support, according to Insider-Gaming by December of 2024 “the company had quietly laid off the remaining staff it had kept on board to support the game after launch.”

Based on the new ending cutscene designed for the remake, it is clear that Sony did at one point have plans to expand the Until Dawn universe – especially given the release of the film adaptation. That said, with reviews for the remake being middling, and now the official closure of Ballistic Moon, it’s safe to say that the franchise is going back on ice.

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