{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7c8453a350934a0adc4407ec","clusterId":"c_3fc150e225e81da7c73f7f16","slug":"supermassive-games-cuts-more-than-70-staff-in-third-straight-year","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Supermassive Games Cuts More Than 70 Staff In Third Straight Year","summary":"Supermassive Games is cutting more than 70 jobs, according to an employee who says he was told his role was among those eliminated. Frank Tindle, the studio's IT and facilities director, wrote on LinkedIn that artists, producers, QA, operations staff and developers are leaving with him, and that he has worked his last day. The studio began talks in August 2026 over cutting up to 75 people.","whyItMatters":"The cuts are the third straight year of layoffs at a studio whose current slate includes Little Nightmares 3 and Directive 8020, with no indication in the report that the reductions have run their course.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Tindle, who joined Supermassive Games in 2010 and served as its IT and facilities director, said on LinkedIn that he was notified his role was among those eliminated and has worked his last day. He wrote that artists, producers, QA, operations staff and developers are leaving alongside him, a group of more than 70 people. The studio opened talks in August 2026 over cutting up to 75 positions, and those talks have now moved to execution. Supermassive released Little Nightmares 3 in 2025 and Directive 8020 in 2026, and previously ran layoffs in 2024 and 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Frank Tindle's LinkedIn post names artists, producers, QA, operations staff and developers among the departing. That is nearly every discipline at Supermassive Games, not one department trimmed.","twitterPost":"Supermassive Games' cuts reach artists, producers, QA, operations and developers, per Frank Tindle. That spread is the detail.","threadsPost":"Frank Tindle's LinkedIn post lists artists, producers, QA, operations staff and developers leaving Supermassive Games with him. A reduction touching that many disciplines reads less like trimming one team and more like the studio reassessing its whole production structure.","newsletterBlurb":"Supermassive Games is cutting more than 70 jobs, according to IT and facilities director Frank Tindle, who said on LinkedIn he was notified his role was among those eliminated. He listed artists, producers, QA, operations staff and developers among those leaving with him. The studio began talks in August 2026 over cutting up to 75 positions, following layoffs in 2024 and 2025.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/06/173198.html\",\"title\":\"Supermassive Gamesで70人以上の人員削減。3年連続での実施に\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5574,"outputTokens":600,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791268632,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T06:34:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T06:36:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T06:36:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3fc150e225e81da7c73f7f16","canonicalTitle":"『Until Dawn』Supermassive Gamesで70人以上の人員削減。3年連続での実施に","representativeArticleId":"a_1cd90f014ab4b5c4d3723081","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Until Dawn\"],\"studios\":[\"Supermassive Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T21:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T21:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T06:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/06/173198.html","title":"『Until Dawn』Supermassive Gamesで70人以上の人員削減。3年連続での実施に"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Until Dawn"],"studios":["Supermassive Games"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}