Sony Lays Off Half of Bungie's Destiny Team
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Sony lays off roughly 400 Bungie employees, gutting the Destiny team and further destabilizing Marathon's development, with studio head Justin Truman stepping down. YongYea reports the initial rumor on June 17 and, alongside penguinz0 and Spawn Wave, covers the confirmed layoffs on June 26.
Brutal but Not Unexpected
Bungie's layoffs and halt of Destiny 2 production fuel claims that leadership mismanagement is driving the studio's decline under Sony.
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Bungie's layoffs, including most of the Destiny team and studio head Justin Truman stepping down, confirm long-expected trouble as Destiny 2 content ends and early-stage projects like Marathon fail to offset revenue gaps.
Bungie Is About To Get Gutted By Sony...
A French journalist and Paul Tassi report that Bungie will lay off roughly 400 staff (50% of workforce) this summer, with key leadership departures in July, following Destiny 2's end as a live service and no greenlit Destiny 3, jeopardizing Bungie's survival.
Sony Lay Off Half Of Bungie, Entire Destiny Team Gutted, Marathon Continues To Struggle
Sony's layoff of over 400 Bungie employees, gutting the Destiny team and reducing the studio to ~450 staff, is framed as a death knell for the Destiny IP and a likely fatal blow to Marathon given its sub-10,000 player peak.