While reports of Ballistic Moon—the studio behind 2024’s Until Dawn remake—being “effectively closed” first came about last year, official paperwork filed with the UK government has been discovered revealing that the studio has been shut down. As noted by the final gazette notice filed by Ballistic Moon on February 3rd, the company has been completely dissolved.
The first gazette notice, required paperwork for the dissolution of a company, was first filed on November 11th, since then, the studio has filed the rest of its required paperwork, noting major changes to some of its important personnel. It is worth noting that neither Sony nor any one from the studio’s leadership has made any official announcement or comments about the dissolution.
Ballistic Moon was a studio founded by former Supermassive Games developers, having worked on several cinematic horror titles in the past. The studio had only worked on one major project before ultimately being dissolved—the Until Dawn remake for PC and PS5. However, the title saw lukewarm critical reception, with its Metacritic aggregate sitting at 70. While the visuals had been improved over the original PS4 release, many of the more critical reviewers noted that the $59.99 price tag, the change to a third-person over-the-shoulder angle for the camera, as well as technical issues were major flaws.
As for general reception, the Until Dawn remake’s launch was met with few players, with one report noting that its player count was 28 percent lower than the disastrous launch of Concord. Over the next year, Ballistic Moon would be hit by quite a few lay-offs, first letting go of around 40 of its employees in September 2024, and then another 20 roles being cut in December 2024. As of March 2025, the studio was considered “effectively closed”, with its founders and “possibly” a few other employees still on the payroll “at most”.
Until Dawn is a horror game that revolves around a group of young friends staying at an isolated ski lodge as part of their vacation. However, a prank goes wrong, resulting in two of them running out into the darkness, never to be heard from again. A year later, the remaining friends decide to revisit the lodge to commemorate the death of their friends. Things start getting out of hand, however, when strange things start happening, making it look like someone might be trying to kill the entire group.
The gameplay largely revolves around exploring the surroundings as one of the eight characters, slowly unravelling the mystery, and occasionally partaking in quick-time event-based action scenes. Along the way, players also get to make choices for each of the characters, with these decisions having far-reaching impact, defining which member of the crew lives, and who dies.
Until Dawn also got a movie last year, directed by David F. Sandberg. Despite sharing a name and certain themes, however, the movie’s story was an entirely new one. It revolves around four friends traveling to a remote valley to find answers about the disappearance of one of their friends’ sisters. The crew ultimately finds themselves trapped in a strange time loop, however, with many of them falling prey to horrifying ways of dying.
