Sucker Punch reportedly cuts 26 roles after Ghost of Yotei

Sucker Punch Productions, the studio behind Ghost of Yōtei and Ghost of Tsushima, has reportedly cut 26 roles as it prepares its next project. The report comes from Aftermath, which says it spoke to a former employee and obtained an internal company email describing staffing reductions.

What we know

The email quoted by Aftermath says Sucker Punch made the decision after reviewing market conditions and the team’s needs for its next project. It says several positions across the studio will be eliminated, while the company intends to support affected staff during the transition. The studio reportedly plans to share more details next week.

Game Informer’s report says Sucker Punch has not publicly commented on the cuts. That means the reported figure and the explanation currently rest on Aftermath’s sourcing and the leaked company communication, rather than a public statement from the developer or Sony Interactive Entertainment.

The timing comes after Ghost of Yōtei launched its Complete Edition and received two substantial additions: the Echoes of Sekigahara story expansion and the Most Wanted survival mode. Sony’s official game page describes those additions as part of the Complete Edition, alongside the returning Legends co-op experience and New Game Plus.

A studio reducing staff after shipping a major project is not automatically evidence that its next game has been cancelled or fundamentally changed. However, a reported cut of 26 roles is significant for a team of Sucker Punch’s profile, particularly when the cited email explicitly connects the decision to staffing needs for what comes next. Until Sucker Punch or Sony comments, the scope and longer-term impact remain unconfirmed.

Our opinion

The important detail is not a rumoured sequel or a guess about Sucker Punch’s next game; it is the human cost of a reported restructuring. The studio has delivered a substantial post-launch slate for Ghost of Yōtei, but that does not make 26 affected roles any less serious. We will treat the report as provisional until the companies publish a fuller explanation, and will update this story if they do.