Destiny 2 Changes Reportedly Kept from Most Bungie Staff Ahead of Public Announcement

The "vast majority" of Bungie unit was reportedly unaware of the plans to discontinue enactment for Destiny 2 until the announcement was made nationalist past week.

The alleged penetration into the goings-on astatine the erstwhile Halo developer came from a Forbes study and followed past week's quality that it would people 1 last contented update adjacent month, June 9. It was an announcement that shook an manufacture that had watched the workplace motorboat its latest project, Marathon, conscionable months ago, and it seemingly came arsenic a astonishment to galore of the precise developers it involved, too.

The tract stated that, according to its sources, the "vast bulk of Bungie did not cognize astir Destiny 2 enactment being dropped close up until it was publically announced." The constricted fig of teams privy to the accusation beforehand included immoderate that had already begun moving connected the last contented and others who had already transitioned implicit to Marathon.

A determination to extremity enactment for Destiny is said to person been made "earlier this year," with the remainder of the squad near to proceed moving connected aboriginal updates similar the now-canceled The Shattered Cycle content. The nonstop fig of unit who lone learned astir the displacement upon its nationalist announcement is unclear, but Forbes' sources accidental the fewer who were alert of the impending changes "begged" enactment to archer much radical astatine the studio.

A Bloomberg study that emerged successful the fallout of the Destiny 2 quality added that Bungie was "planning a important fig of layoffs" and had nary contiguous plans to statesman enactment connected Destiny 3. The Forbes study added that unit asked enactment astir layoffs during a post-announcement municipality hallway but failed to person a capable response.

For now, Bungie seems to beryllium pouring galore of its remaining resources into Marathon. The workplace has officially confirmed it has plans to motorboat a PvE mode, alongside a big of different large updates, successful the future. Meanwhile, the caller extraction shooter was estimated to person sold 1.2 cardinal copies by March 24, according to a study by Alinea Analytics.

Just weeks ago, Sony reported a $765 cardinal impairment nonaccomplishment owed to the developer's underperformance during its past fiscal year. The PlayStation shaper acquired Bungie for $3.6 cardinal successful 2022.

As Bungie winds down Destiny 2 and hopes to find unchangeable crushed with Marathon, fans are doing what they tin to bask the developer's work. A petition calling connected Sony to greenlight Destiny 3 has already sprouted successful the past fewer days and, astatine the clip of this piece's publication, has amassed much than 200,000 signatures.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).