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Sucker Punch Lays Off 24 Staff Members Following Recent Expansion

Sony-owned studio Sucker Punch has cut 24 employees, representing roughly 10 percent of its workforce, following the release of its latest expansion.

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Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch has laid off 24 employees, Game Developer, Engadget and LatestLY reported. Game Developer noted that the news was first detailed by Aftermath and subsequently confirmed by the studio itself. [4][5][7]

The 24 job cuts represent an estimated total staff reduction of about 10 percent, according to Game Developer. The studio cited ongoing market turbulence and aligning with the needs of its next project as reasons for the decision in an internal email sent to staff. [4]

Engadget reported that the studio had released an expansion for Ghost of Yotei just a few weeks prior to the cuts. Following the announcements, TipRanks reported that shares of parent company Sony dropped by 2 percent. [1][7]

Mass job reductions have affected the broader sector in recent years. Between 2022 and July 2025, an estimated 45,000 video game industry jobs were eliminated. [9]

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In short

  • Sucker Punch has laid off 24 employees.
  • The layoffs represent approximately 10 percent of the studio's workforce.
  • The cuts come shortly after the release of a Ghost of Yotei expansion.
  • Sony stock dropped 2 percent following the layoff reports.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Sony Stock Slips 2% on PlayStation Layoffs at Sucker PunchTipRanks, 7d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Sucker Punch Faces Wave Of LayoffsPSX Extreme, 8d ago
  3. [3]Sony to release a book on the history of PlayStation for $325 — you can even put it on a shelfiXBT.games, 7d ago
  4. [4]Sucker Punch lays off 24 to align with 'current market', 'next project needs'Game Developer, 7d ago
  5. [5]Ghost of Yotei Developer Sucker Punch Hit by Staff LayoffsLatestLY, 8d ago
  6. [6]A jailbroken PlayStation 5 can play PS2 discs, but Sony is giving users a tough choiceEngadget, 7d ago
  7. [7]Ghost of Yōtei studio Sucker Punch reportedly lays off 24 workersEngadget, 8d ago

Background

  1. [8]Seinfeld on Wikipedia
  2. [9]2022–2026 video game industry layoffs on Wikipedia
  3. [10]Sucker punch on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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