Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon “efficiently closed”

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon has reportedly “efficiently closed.”

Ballistic Moon confirmed a round of layoffs back in September 2024, issuing an announcement on LinkedIn saying it had made the selection to “significantly scale down” in an effort to “protected” the way in which ahead for the studio.

Primarily based on InsiderGaming, nonetheless, “plenty of sources” say that along with the 40 staff let go in September, 20 further builders have since been “quietly laid off,” too, with “solely the studio’s founders” and “presumably” a handful of workers “at most” left.

Primarily based on IG’s insiders, there are no workers left the least bit in PR, promoting and advertising and marketing, and even progress in the meanwhile, with administration unable to protected any additional initiatives or funding.

“Individuals are sharing bugs they’ve current in [Until Dawn remake] to make the workers aware, nonetheless there is no one engaged on patch assist for the game anymore,” one provide said. “The studio has efficiently closed now.”

Anonymous sources moreover cited alleged factors with “weeks” of unpaid overtime.

On the time of writing, there’s been no formal substitute from Ballistic on the report.

Inside the first two months of 2025 alone, almost 1200 developers have lost their jobs, with cuts and closures at Freejam, Splash Damage, Piranha Games, Jar of Sparks, Ubisoft, ProbablyMonsters, Iron Galaxy, Sumo Group, Liquid Sword, NetEase Games, Toast Interactive, Night School Studio, and – most currently – Callisto Protocol studio, Striking Distance.