{"id":1197955,"date":"2023-10-30T15:27:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1197955"},"modified":"2023-10-30T15:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:27:22","slug":"bungie-reportedly-lays-off-staff-delays-marathon-and-destiny-2-the-final-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1197955","title":{"rendered":"Bungie reportedly lays off staff, delays Marathon and Destiny 2: The Final Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bungie has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staffers and delayed two highly anticipated games. Bloomberg<\/em>\u2019s Jason Schreier reports<\/a> that the studio\u2019s CEO, Pete Parsons, warned staffers they would hear \u201csome news today\u201d while announcing a team meeting later on Monday to \u201cdiscuss today\u2019s events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the studio has reportedly delayed the Destiny 2 expansion, The Final Shape<\/em><\/a>, and the studio\u2019s next game, Marathon<\/em><\/a>. Sony completed its deal<\/a> last year to buy Bungie for $3.6 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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According to Bloomberg<\/em>, Bungie delayed Destiny 2: The Final Shape<\/em> to June from its original target of February 27, 2024. While not necessarily the end of Destiny 2<\/em>, the expansion will serve as a resolution, wrapping up its main story\u2019s loose ends. In addition, the studio has pushed back the release date for extraction shooter Marathon<\/em> to 2025. That title, rebooting an IP from a 1990s Mac cult classic<\/a>, is Bungie\u2019s attempt to re-establish itself as a force in the modern gaming industry beyond Destiny.<\/p>\n

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Well… my heart is breaking for all affected<\/p>\n

I am now looking for opportunities. I have 21 years of games industry experience in media, production, and community management. I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost<\/p>\n

\u2014 Liana Ruppert (@DirtyEffinHippy) October 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Sony has joined much of the gaming industry (and the tech world at large<\/a>) in laying off staff this year. Naughty Dog, Media Molecule and PlayStation\u2019s Visual Arts support team have all faced cuts recently. In addition, Epic Games cut around 900 staff members<\/a> in September, and CD Projekt Red announced in July it would lay off about 100 people<\/a>. Niantic, Telltale<\/a>, EA and Unity have also let go of workers in 2023.<\/p>\n

Engadget has reached out to Bungie to try to confirm the layoffs and delays. We\u2019ll update this article if we hear back.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/bungie-reportedly-lays-off-staff-delays-marathon-and-destiny-2-the-final-shape-192722536.html?src=rss
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Bungie has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staffers and delayed two highly anticipated games. Bloomberg\u2019s Jason Schreier reports that the studio\u2019s CEO, Pete Parsons, warned staffers they would hear \u201csome news today\u201d while announcing a team meeting later … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1197955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}