Bungie is laying off staff members after ceasing development in Destiny 2 earlier this month, the studio confirmed today. The measure seems to have come from Sony and will also affect some Marathon developers and support studios.
“We have made the decision to reduce Bungie’s workforce,” Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hermen Hulst announced in an update, indicating the company’s initiative in the matter. The layoffs will affect “a significant number of employees,” according to him—including “most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members,” as well as Sony teams that support Bungie.
Bungie’s announcement had a similar tone. “As the leaders of Bungie, past and present, we recognize Destiny 2 fell short of expectations these past several years,” its statement reads. The developer “could not continue operating at [its] previous size” following the end of development in D2, with some future projects “still in early incubation.”
