With muted reception and spectacularly horrendous sales (on both PS5 and PC), last year’s Until Dawn remake would have been one of the year’s biggest first-party flops of last year if Concord hadn’t also released in 2024. Sadly, it looks like the horror adventure title’s developer, British studio Ballistic Moon, isn’t faring much better either.
That’s as per Insider Gaming, which claims in a freshly published report that Ballistic Moon has laid off the vast majority of its staff, to the extent that it has “effectively closed”. As per the report, the studio initially laid off around 40 people back in September, followed by another 20 roles being cut in December. Currently, it’s claimed that the studio employs a handful of employs at best- its founders, and “possibly” a “handful” of others “at most”.
It’s claimed that Ballistic Moon and Sony had had preliminary discussions about a second project or updates for the Until Dawn remake possibly being greenlit, though that never happened. The studio was allegedly also pitching projects to other publishers, but failed to secure funding.
Of course, on paper, Ballistic Moon still very much remains active, and it’s claimed in the report that should the studio succeed in securing funding, it’s likely to begin staffing back up. For now, there has been no word from Ballistic Moon on the state it is currently in.
Leaks have claimed that an Until Dawn sequel is currently in development at first-party PlayStation studio Firesprite. Meanwhile, an Until Dawn movie is also releasing on April 25.
