Until Dawn Remake Developer Is Reportedly "Effectively Closed" Five Months After Game LaunchA few months after the remake of the 2015 interactive drama horror game Until Dawn had a lukewarm launch on PC and PS5, Ballistic Moon, the UK-based studio behind the game, is said to be"effectively closed" right now.In September last year, before the game's launch, around 40 employees were laid off, with the rest staying to support the game's post-launch updates and development. However, in December, another round of layoffs occurred quietly, with around 20 people losing their jobs.According to various sources of Insider Gaming, only the studio's founders, together with "possibly" a handful of employees "at most," remain. Departments such as public relations, marketing, or even development have no employees. This has led to the game actually being without any support right now. According to one source, players' reported bugs and issues go unanswered.This echoes the chart on LinkedIn showing that the studio, which was founded in 2019, has around a dozen developers in March, a huge drop compared with nearly 80 around June of last year, which was the peak of the past year.The owners have been trying their best to revert the situation, actively seeking funding and pitching projects, but there was no luck. Sony, the game's publisher, who once said that they "might greenlight more funding for updates" after the game's launch, seemingly didn't grant them.When talking about the work conditions in the studio, most of the sources said that "it was a generally good place to work" except for working overtime without getting paid occasionally.