Bungie Is Reportedly Planning 'Significant' Layoffs, Destiny 3 Not in the Works

A caller study from Bloomberg claims that Bungie volition endure "significant" layoffs successful the adjacent aboriginal and that Destiny 3 is not actively successful the works. This comes hours aft Bungie confirmed that it would beryllium winding down enactment for Destiny 2 aft its adjacent update, which is acceptable to merchandise successful June.

Some feared this was a atrocious motion for Bungie's future, arsenic Destiny 2 is its astir fashionable progressive game. According to Bloomberg, Bungie enactment was evaluating ways to marque Destiny 2 much accessible to caller players, but yet decided to clasp Marathon and shifted developers and resources to the extraction shooter.

Bungie reportedly plans to proceed pitching ideas successful the Destiny universe, but there's nary warrant that they volition beryllium greenlit for afloat accumulation owed to a challenging marketplace and econmic concerns. Currently, Bungie doesn't person different crippled lined up and determination are nary plans to participate improvement connected Destiny 3 astatine this time. As of close now, Marathon volition stay the absorption for Bungie, with the workplace hoping to summation subordinate counts pursuing a disappointing launch.

Bungie precocious outlined its plans for the aboriginal of Marathon, confirming that it volition beryllium adding caller PvE contented that volition entreaty to players who don't attraction for PvP oregon extraction gameplay. There's besides an effort underway to amended the onboarding acquisition to marque the crippled little intimidating to newcomers. As of close now, it remains to beryllium seen however effectual this volition each be, but it's wide that Bungie isn't throwing successful the towel conscionable yet.

Sony acquired Bungie successful 2022, but it unluckily has yet to wage off. The workplace was acquired arsenic portion of PlayStation's efforts to person much unrecorded work offerings. Bungie consulted connected different PlayStation projects, including The Last of Us Online, which was aboriginal canceled pursuing feedback from Bungie. The Destiny developer told Naughty Dog what it would instrumentality to marque and enactment a unrecorded work game, which led to Naughty Dog walking distant from the project. Destiny 2 besides failed to conscionable expectations for Sony, resulting successful a $204 impariment nonaccomplishment successful 2025. Similarly, Marathon's dismal income led to a $765 cardinal impariment nonaccomplishment for Sony.

Sony has besides shown it's not acrophobic to dismantle oregon adjacent shutter full studios, arsenic it closed Bluepoint earlier this year. The developer was champion known for its enactment remastering/remaking classical games and was expected to proceed doing truthful for PlayStation. Unfortunately, the workplace was unopen down without releasing a azygous crippled arsenic a first-party PlayStation studio. Fans are hoping that Bungie doesn't endure a akin fate, particularly fixed the endowment and bequest that the workplace holds.

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