Ghost of Yotei Studio Sucker Punch Reportedly Lays Off 26 Developers

Sucker Punch, the PlayStation-owned studio behind the Sly Cooper and Infamous series and last year's Ghost of Yotei, has reportedly laid off 26 developers. The reports say the studio cited the challenges it has been observing in the market as the reason for the cuts.

The studio has a long history inside PlayStation. It began with the Sly Cooper platformers and the Infamous open-world action games, then went on to make Ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Yotei followed in 2025, a sequel set on Hokkaido, so a studio with that recent a release is not the one most people would expect to see cutting staff.

The wider games industry has spent the last few years trimming headcount, even at companies that are doing well. Publishers have been reining in budgets and reassessing long development cycles, and layoffs have reached studios of all sizes. A cut of 26 developers is smaller than the mass layoffs that have hit some larger publishers, but for a single studio it is still a significant share of its staff.

The available details are limited. The reports do not say which teams or roles were affected, whether the cuts are tied to a specific project, or whether Sony or PlayStation has made a public statement. Until the company confirms the figure, the 26 number should be treated as a report rather than an official count.