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Supermassive Games CEO Robert Henrysson Announces Departure After 'Until Dawn' Success

Supermassive Games CEO Robert Henrysson exits the studio as it navigates leadership changes, layoffs, and the future of Until Dawn.

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After leading the studio through 2 rounds of layoffs and 1 game release, the CEO of Supermassive is stepping down

He's also stepping down from his role at Supermassive parent Nordisk, so he can spend the summer with his family.

PC Gamer

Directive 8020's multiplayer feature dials up the tension — but it was spoiled by this hilarious glitch

Directive 8020 has a frustrating but hilarious glitch that makes the horror game significantly less scary.

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Until Dawn 2 has sold me with its campy teen slasher vibes, and it proves there's nothing like old-school scares

Opinion | Lights! Camera! Hack-tion!

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Until Dawn 2 announced, but it's by a new developer — either way, I'm still excited for more slasher horror

A sequel to Until Dawn has been announced, but the successor to the 2015 horror game isn't being developed by Supermassive Games.

TechRadar

Directive 8020's new Turning Points system transforms it from a simple sci-fi survival horror into a compelling, gory puzzle

Cheat fate.

PC Gamer

Directive 8020 is The Dark Pictures game of my dreams — and the best interactive horror since Until Dawn

Directive 8020 is the best The Dark Pictures game yet, thanks to a fantastic sci-fi setting, impactful decisions, and great new features.

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All The Dark Pictures Anthology games, ranked: Where does Directive 8020 place?

"Stories of souls who dared to cross the threshold into darkness." This is Dark Pictures.

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'Directive 8020' is an introspective look at sci-fi horror and our fear of the unknown

Supermassive Games’ space horror game reckons with the cold fear of exploring space, and what an uncertain future means for the franchise.

Space

I found an Easter egg that teases the next Dark Pictures game hidden within Directive 8020 — here's how to unlock it

Keen to see more from the Dark Pictures Anthology? You won't want to miss these collectibles.

TechRadar

Directive 8020 review: a sci-fi horror that loses tension despite its Unreal Engine 5 upgrade

Supermassive's new technical highs can't overcome the lacklustre gameplay choices.

Creative Bloq

Directive 8020 is Dark Pictures' most ambitious entry yet – and its most forgiving

Supermassive Games' latest entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020, is a welcome evolution of the interactive survival horror series. But while new stealth mechanics and its forgiving Turning Points feature push the series in a refreshing new direction, the game lacks the bite of the series' prior offerings.

TechRadar

Directive 8020 executive producer says the Turning Points system was added for players who 'want to keep everyone alive' but also for 'a big percentage of our hardcore fans' that will replay the game to get all endings

Supermassive Games is aware that fans feel "disheartened" when they're unable to keep every character alive in its Dark Pictures games, which is one reason Directive 8020 has a rewind feature.

TechRadar

'It’s not safe and it’s not easy, but people are drawn to it anyway': Directive 8020's executive producer on why space was the perfect setting for their long-awaited new horror game

Directive 8020 is the first Dark Pictures Anthology game to be set in space, and I spoke to its executive producer about why they wanted to go there.

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Directive 8020 is using an episodic structure straight out of a limited TV series 'to be mindful of people's time'

"We always want to make it feel like you're playing a movie or a TV show."

PC Gamer

The secret to Supermassive Games casting two Oscar winners is its focus on human-made art: 'They know that their performance is going to come across really well'

If I had a nickel for every Oscar winner in a Supermassive game, I'd have two nickels.

PC Gamer

Directive 8020 feels like the horror game Supermassive Games was born to make

Surviving aboard the Cassiopeia is harder than it looks.

TechRadar

I played an hour of Supermassive Games' highly anticipated Directive 8020 — and fans of Alien: Isolation are going to adore this

Directive 8020 arrives in May, and its combination of new features and familiarity makes it well worth the wait.

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Until Dawn dev's new sci-fi horror builds on Alien and The Thing's coworker paranoia: "It's a different, more mature way of viewing relationships"

Hands-on | Directive 8020 is a stealthy, tense survival horror in space, where only coworkers can hear you scream...

Creative Bloq

Directive 8020's glossy, late-’90s sci-fi aesthetic gives it an edge

My hands-on shows how smart art direction can reshape familiar horror tropes.

TechRadar

Directive 8020 was 'designed with the PS5 in mind' and will offer 'sharper visuals' powered by PSSR and 'advanced ray tracing' to heighten the horror on PS5 Pro

Supermassive Games has revealed the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro features of its next major entry in its Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020.

TechRadar

Directive 8020 will let up to five players play local couch co-op in Supermassive Games' returning Movie Night mode, and the latest trailer demonstrates just how intense it will be

Supermassive Games has shared a new live-action trailer for its next horror game, Directive 8020, highlighting the game's couch co-op mode.

GamesRadar

Everything announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2026

Missed the show? Here’s every announcement from our stacked Future Games Show Spring Showcase powered by HyperX

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Everything we know about Supermassive’s Directive 8020: Story, release date, platforms, and more

The newest entry in the Dark Picture Anthology - set on an unexplored planet - comes this spring.

TechRadar

The Until Dawn developer's next game, Directive 8020, just got a release date at long last

A new Directive 8020 trailer has arrived, with the survival horror game now available to pre-order.

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