Bungie Layoffs Are Happening, With Destiny's Successor Still In "Early Incubation"

Bungie has confirmed that it is rolling out layoffs. This comes after Destiny's ongoing support came to an end, abruptly halting its development and ruling out any further expansions.

Announcing the layoffs, Bungie says that Destiny 2's performance "fell short of expectations these past several years", referring to its struggling player count. The end of active development means that, for the first time since 2014, there is no longer a Destiny game that is still receiving regular updates.

Sony Is Laying Off "Most Of The Destiny Team" And "Some Marathon Team Members"

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We don't have an exact figure on how many people are being laid off, but Sony's statement on the matter makes it clear that it will be devastating, and it isn't just affecting Destiny.

"We have made the decision to reduce Bungie’s workforce, affecting a significant number of employees, including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members," says Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hermen Hulst. "There are also reductions across SIE teams that support Bungie’s operations. Those impacted at Bungie and within SIE are being informed today. "

Despite laying off some Marathon devs, Sony says that Marathon remains an "important part" of PlayStation's portfolio. Hulst says they will "continue to support the team" throughout ongoing development.

Forbes reporter Paul Tassi claims that the layoffs could affect half of the studio.

Bungie's statement also gives us an idea as to why this has happened; without Destiny, Bungie doesn't have another project to put people on.

"As the leaders of Bungie, past and present, we recognise Destiny 2 fell short of expectations these past several years," Bungie's statement reads. "Following our final content update to Destiny 2, and with our future projects still in early incubation, we unfortunately could not continue operating at our previous size."

That more or less confirms rumours that Destiny 3 is nowhere close to being with us, if it is in active development at all. It's been reported that, at some stage, a relaunch of Destiny 2 was considered, but this never came to fruition.

This leaves Marathon as Bungie's only active game, and that is struggling. It got a huge player boost when it temporarily went free to play, but since then, the Steam concurrent player score has pretty much evened out to what it was before. At the very least, Sony isn't pulling the plug on it just yet.

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