Sony Reveals Until Dawn 2 for PS5 in 2027, Handing the Horror Sequel to Firesprite Instead of Original Creator Supermassive Games
Until Dawn 2 launches on PS5 in 2027, developed by Sony's Liverpool studio Firesprite rather than original creator Supermassive Games.
Overview
Sony has announced Until Dawn 2, a sequel to its 2015 survival-horror hit, with the game coming to PS5 in 2027 according to the PlayStation Blog. The most notable detail of the reveal is not the new setting but the credits: the sequel will be developed by Sony’s own Liverpool studio Firesprite, not Supermassive Games, the studio that created the original.
As Video Games Chronicle reported, “Until Dawn 2 is coming next year, and will be developed by Liverpool-based studio Firesprite, instead of the original developer, Supermassive Games.”
What We Know
The sequel was unveiled during Sony’s June 2026 State of Play showcase, alongside a slate of other PS5 reveals previously covered by The Machine Herald.
Firesprite framed the project as a milestone for the studio. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, the team said, “Here at Firesprite, we took the reins on Until Dawn 2 as our first release since Horizon: Call of the Mountain.”
The story moves the franchise to a warmer climate. The reveal centers on a crew of ghost hunters behind “the wildly popular paranormal channel, Dead True,” per the PlayStation Blog. VGC summarized the premise: the channel “is extremely popular despite the fact they haven’t ever seen anything paranormal because their stunts are staged. When they sign a deal with a big TV network, however, they’re shipped to an abandoned tropical island where they discover actual horrors and have to survive them,” according to VGC.
At least one familiar face returns. “Amongst the characters in today’s reveal you’ll have spotted the return of the enigmatic Dr Hill, played once again by the fantastic Peter Stormare,” the PlayStation Blog noted.
The sequel keeps the choice-driven design that defined the series. Firesprite said the game’s branching depends on player decisions large and small: “It’s not just the huge moments, even small character moments can set off a Butterfly Effect, sending your story spinning off towards unforeseen consequences,” according to the PlayStation Blog.
Background
The original Until Dawn set the template the sequel inherits. It “is a 2015 interactive drama survival horror game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment,” released for the PlayStation 4 in August 2015, per Wikipedia. That game put players in control of “eight young adults who have to survive on Blackwood Mountain when their lives are threatened,” and “features a butterfly effect system in which players must make choices that may change the story,” the same source notes.
The franchise has already changed hands once. A remake for PlayStation 5 and Windows was released on 4 October 2024, developed not by Supermassive but by Ballistic Moon using Unreal Engine 5, according to Wikipedia. With Until Dawn 2 now assigned to Firesprite, the series has moved a second time away from its original creator and toward studios under Sony’s direct control.
What We Don’t Know
Sony has not announced a specific release date within 2027, and the showcase did not confirm whether Until Dawn 2 will reach platforms beyond PS5. The full cast beyond the returning Dr Hill was not detailed in the official PlayStation Blog post, and Sony has disclosed no information about pricing, runtime, or whether the sequel will narratively connect to the events of the original.
Analysis
The handoff to Firesprite is the story’s most consequential thread. Until Dawn was the breakout title that established Supermassive’s reputation in branching cinematic horror, a niche the studio later expanded into its own series. By developing the numbered sequel in-house at a Sony-owned studio, PlayStation retains the Until Dawn brand while decoupling it from the independent developer that built it. Combined with the 2024 remake handled by Ballistic Moon, the pattern signals that Sony intends to steward the franchise through its first-party network rather than its founding team.