Despite Strong Sales of Ghost of Yōtei, Sucker Punch Faces Job Cuts as Market Challenges Persist"

10/27/2026

These days, in the games industry, it's not even enough to make a successful game to prevent your studio from suffering layoffs. We've seen that time and again, and this time, it's Bellevue-based...

10/27/2026

Are the "challenges in the market" in the room with us right now?

10/27/2026

An email sent to staff stated that the layoff, which impact 24 people, are a reaction to both ongoing market challenges and the studio's hope to better align the team to the needs of its next project.

10/26/2026

Sucker Punch Productions, the acclaimed studio behind the beloved Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei, is laying off 26 developers to cut costs. A new report states the award-winning PlayStation...

10/26/2026

Sucker Punch, the team behind Ghost of Yōtei, Ghost of Tsushima, Infamous, and Sly Cooper, has been hit with layoffs, according to a report by Aftermath. The outlet states that 26 roles have been...

10/26/2026

Layoffs have reportedly hit Sucker Punch, the PlayStation-owned studio behind the Sly Cooper series, Infamous and last year's Ghost of Yotei. Read more

10/26/2026

Sony Interactive Entertainment-owned Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch Productions has laid off 26 of its less than 200 staff, according to an Aftermath report citing a fo…

10/26/2026

"We did not make this decision lightly," management reportedly told remaining staff

10/26/2026

Sony studio makes cuts

10/26/2026

Sucker Punch Productions has faced a round of layoffs to its less-than-200-person team.

10/27/2026

Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch Productions has reportedly been hit with layoffs, affecting 24 employees. Read more

10/26/2026

26 people at Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch have been laid off, according to a new report. Sony had previously spoken in glowing terms of Yotei's financial success,...

10/26/2026

Despite Ghost of Yotei's resounding success, an eighth of the team has been laid off.

10/26/2026

It was recently reported that Ghost of Yōtei managed to earn over $400 million in revenue in its launch year, coming in just 3% behind Ghost of Tsushima in terms of launch-aligned revenue. Despite...

10/26/2026

By Michael LeriGhost of Yotei was one of PlayStation’s most well-loved and successful first-party games of 2025. Its recent expansion, Echoes of Sekigahara, continued that legacy and received high...