Until Dawn Original Dev Says Sony Removing The Project Was Soul-Destroying

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Supermassive Games has made quite a name for itself. After the success of Until Dawn, the studio has continued with similar gameplay experiences. We’ve seen the team bring out titles like The Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of games that played out similar to Until Dawn. However, you might be surprised to learn that Until Dawn was not the original development team responsible for getting this project off the ground. Instead, the developer responsible initially for this horror game was Sony’s London Studio. 

Thanks to a report from Time Extension, some of the history behind Until Dawn’s early years is surfacing online. Sony’s London Studio has been around for quite a long time. Established in 2002, the studio has worked on a wide variety of games. At the time of Until Dawn’s conception, it was the studio’s job to deliver a game that would showcase the power of the PlayStation Move, a new device developed for the PlayStation 3. Time Extension spoke with a few former studio employees, who have remained anonymous. 

According to the sources, it was the studio’s job to compete with the Nintendo Wii, which had a ton of success with its own move controls. As a result, the team started to put together a project that would eventually become Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn. Some differences here include the game being made in the first-person perspective. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 3 Move control was heavily focused in a variety of areas. Former developers described a wide range of actions that would be used, from opening doors and manipulating objects to even quick time events that would likely determine the fate of your character. 

The overall basis also seems to be intact, with the storyline focused on a group of characters