Destiny developer Bungie continues to have a tough year. After launching the long-delayed Marathon in March, and struggling to find a wide audience for the game, the studio announced it was ending development on Destiny 2. Shortly after, Sony announced plans to lay off “a significant number of employees, including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members.” In the latest shake-up at the studio, Marathon game director Joe Ziegler announced Friday that he has left Bungie.
Ziegler said in a statement on X that he was “passing the torch of Game Director to the very capable and amazing hands of Del Chafe III, who will guide the game forward alongside the Creative Director Julia Nardin.”
Chafe is a 15-year veteran of Bungie. He worked on Destiny and Destiny 2, and served as creative director and assistant game director on Marathon. Nardin has been at Bungie since 2019, and she served as narrative lead and narrative director before assuming the creative director role on Marathon.
“Both of them have been operating in a strong leadership capacity for the team and are ready to guide Marathon into the next chapter with an even better and brighter future,” Ziegler said. “I’m proud of them and I’m excited to see them helm the future of this crazy little world we’ve created together. As for me, I’ll be heading to something new, somewhere else, and will update you on where and what soon.”
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