Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon has laid off an unspecified number of employees ahead of the game's October 4 release.
While the British studio has not formally acknowledged the layoffs in a statement on any of its social media channels, at least two former developers have announced their layoffs on LinkedIn.
“Like many others in this wonderful but turbulent industry, I will sadly be making myself redundant from my position as Junior Game Designer at Ballistic Moon,” said Cassy Cornish in her LinkedIn.
“After two ex[c]After working for years on the wonderful Until Dawn 2024 at Ballistic Moon, I will unfortunately be letting go as technical designer.” aggregate Harry Williams (via Reset was).
“I loved working with everyone at BM and look forward to crossing paths with members of that family on future projects!”
Eurogamer has contacted Ballistic Moon for comment.
2024 continues to be a devastating year for workers in the video game industry, with more than 11,500 people having lost their jobs so far, compared to the 10,500 video game industry workers who were laid off throughout the entire year of 2023.