{"id":63808,"date":"2026-06-26T05:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63808"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:52:44","slug":"sony-announces-major-layoffs-at-bungie-including-most-of-the-destiny-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63808","title":{"rendered":"Sony Announces Major Layoffs At Bungie, Including Most Of The Destiny Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/sony-announces-major-layoffs-at-bungie-including-most-of-the-destiny-team\/l-intro-1782408241.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">Some devs working on Marathon have also been laid off and studio head Justin Truman has stepped down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are bad things happening over at Bungie. Sony just announced a major round of layoffs, primarily impacting the team behind the Destiny franchise. We don&#8217;t know many employees were impacted, only that it was a &#8220;significant number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sony says it &#8220;explored multiple alternatives before concluding that a reduction was necessary to align the studio&#8217;s resources with its current priorities and long-term goals.&#8221; This comes directly after the final content update for <em>Destiny 2<\/em>, and was likely already in the works before that. We learned via <em>Bloomberg<\/em>&#8216;s reporting\u00a0back in May that developers weren&#8217;t working on <em>Destiny 3<\/em> and that Bungie layoffs were likely forthcoming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ceJTcKMs23\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ceJTcKMs23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bungie (@Bungie) June 25, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This decision has also impacted some members of the <em>Marathon<\/em> team, though that\u00a0game is still getting content updates. Sony says the remaining team will be working on <em>Marathon<\/em> alongside &#8220;incubation efforts for future projects.&#8221;\u00a0There have even been reductions across Sony&#8217;s gaming division, primarily impacting folks working alongside Destiny and <em>Marathon<\/em> devs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These cuts go to the very top. Bungie studio head Justin Truman is stepping down, according to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>. It&#8217;s no secret that Sony hasn&#8217;t been pleased with <em>Destiny 2&#8217;s<\/em> financials, with the company saying last year that the game&#8217;s &#8220;sales and user engagement have not reached the expectations&#8221; it counted on when the electronics giant purchased Bungie.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Destiny 2: Monument of Triumph Update | Launch Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-TWYj6sw2NQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sony bought Bungie back in 2022, in a deal reportedly worth $3.6 billion. The company has since lowered the value of the company to around $2.8 billion, making for a loss of over $700 million.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2201755\/sony-announces-major-layoffs-at-bungie-including-most-of-the-destiny-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some devs working on Marathon have also been laid off and studio head Justin Truman has stepped down. 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