Bungie is planning a significant number of layoffs. The studio ended active development on Destiny 2 to focus on its next games, but it does not have new projects lined up and does not plan to immediately start Destiny 3. Bungie will focus on its latest first-person shooter, released in March, aiming to build features and updates that attract more players. Marathon underperformed and contributed to a $560 million loss for Sony in the quarter after launch. Bungie moved some Destiny staff to the Marathon team, indicating increased investment. Bungie plans to keep Destiny 2 servers online and playable for years, with the last live service update, Monument of Triumph, rolling out on June 9. Fans worry Sony could shut down Bungie, as it did with Bluepoint. Sony bought Bungie in 2022 for $3.6 billion and previously laid off staff and delayed Marathon and a Bungie expansion after the acquisition.
"Bungie, the PlayStation studio behind Destiny, is planning a "significant number" of layoffs, according to . The report came shortly after the studio announced that it was ending active development on Destiny 2 to start working on its next games. Bloomberg says, however, that Bungie doesn't have any new projects lined up, and it doesn't plan to immediately start working on Destiny 3."
"The studio will instead focus on its latest game , its first-person shooter that came out in March, perhaps in an effort to develop the kind of features and updates that would get more players to sign up. Marathon didn't perform quite as well as Sony had hoped, and it had led to a $560 million loss for the company for the quarter that ended after the game came out. Bungie had already moved some Destiny staff to the Marathon team in recent months, which signals that it's putting more resources into the struggling game."
"It's not quite clear if Bungie has solid plans for Destiny 3 at this point, or if it's possible that the game wouldn't happen at all. Staff members have reportedly been pitching new projects, including titles for the Destiny franchise, but Sony hasn't approved any of them. For now, fans can still look forward to Destiny 2's last live service update, Monument of Triumph, which will be rolling out on June 9. The studio plans to keep the game's servers online and to keep it playable for years to come, but as notes, fans are worried about the possibility of Sony shutting down the studio completely like it did ."
"Sony purchased Bungie in 2022 for $3.6 billion, a few years after the studio released Destiny 2. Shortly after Sony's acquisition was finalized, the company laid off staffers and delayed the release of Marathon and the expansion Bungie wa"
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