With muted reception and spectacularly horrendous gross sales (on each PS5 and PC), final yr’s Till Daybreak remake would have been one of many yr’s greatest first-party flops of final yr if Harmony hadn’t additionally launched in 2024. Sadly, it appears to be like just like the horror journey title’s developer, British studio Ballistic Moon, isn’t faring significantly better both.
That’s as per Insider Gaming, which claims in a freshly revealed report that Ballistic Moon has laid off the overwhelming majority of its employees, to the extent that it has “successfully closed”. As per the report, the studio initially laid off round 40 folks again in September, adopted by one other 20 roles being minimize in December. At present, it’s claimed that the studio employs a handful of employs at best- its founders, and “presumably” a “handful” of others “at most”.
It’s claimed that Ballistic Moon and Sony had had preliminary discussions a few second venture or updates for the Till Daybreak remake presumably being greenlit, although that by no means occurred. The studio was allegedly additionally pitching initiatives to different publishers, however did not safe funding.
After all, on paper, Ballistic Moon nonetheless very a lot stays energetic, and it’s claimed within the report that ought to the studio reach securing funding, it’s prone to start staffing again up. For now, there was no phrase from Ballistic Moon on the state it’s at the moment in.
Leaks have claimed that an Till Daybreak sequel is at the moment in growth at first-party PlayStation studio Firesprite. In the meantime, an Till Daybreak film can be releasing on April 25.
