Directive 8020 has been delayed and will now release sometime in 2026

In a post to social channels, Supermassive Games have announced that Directive 8020, their upcoming horror game set within the Dark Pictures Anthology series has been delayed.

The game was set to release in October this year, but it is now going to release sometime in the first half of 2026, no specific window was provided. The news was released alongside that they would be downsizing their studio, here is the full statement.

The games industry remains a challenging and ever-evolving environment. As we adapt our team structure to better align with these changes, we’ve had to make the very difficult decision to begin a redundancy consultation process where we anticipate losing up to 36 of our colleagues.

This decision was not taken lightly, and we know this will be an incredibly difficult time for everyone. Our absolute priority will be to offer full support to all those affected.

We remain focused on our upcoming projects and have made the decision to move the launch of Directive 8020 to the first half of 2026. The response to the game so far has been fantastic, and this additional time will help us deliver the very best experience for our fans. We’re deeply grateful for the patience and support of our community. There is no impact on the development of Little Nightmares III.

The studio has been quite busy over the past few years, dropping one new game every 12 months, so it does make some sense that something was going to give. It is just a shame that this is impacting jobs of the staff at the studio.