Media Molecule Lays Off 20 Staff Members Amid Wider Games Industry Downsizing

Media Molecule, developer of Dreams and LittleBigPlanet, suffers layoffs affecting around 20 staff.

Company statement confirms redundancies, promises update on future plans.

Layoffs reduce headcount from 135 to 115 at Sony-owned studio.

Comes after Mark Healey, Media Molecule co-founder, left company in April.

Part of wider trend of layoffs across games industry in 2022, including Frontier, Embracer, and Epic.