{"id":9616,"date":"2026-05-22T03:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:57:40","slug":"bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie Is Reportedly Planning &#8216;Significant&#8217; Layoffs, Destiny 3 Not in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">A new report from Bloomberg claims that Bungie will suffer &#8220;significant&#8221; layoffs in the near future and that Destiny 3 is not actively in the works. This comes hours after Bungie confirmed that it would be winding down support for Destiny 2 after its next update, which is set to release in June. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Some feared this was a bad sign for Bungie&#8217;s future, as Destiny 2 is its most popular active game. According to Bloomberg, Bungie leadership was evaluating ways to make Destiny 2 more accessible to new players, but ultimately decided to embrace Marathon and shifted developers and resources to the extraction shooter.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Bungie reportedly plans to continue pitching ideas in the Destiny universe, but there&#8217;s no guarantee that they will be greenlit for full production due to a challenging market and econmic concerns. Currently, Bungie doesn&#8217;t have another game lined up and there are no plans to enter development on Destiny 3 at this time. As of right now, Marathon will remain the focus for Bungie, with the studio hoping to increase player counts following a disappointing launch.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Bungie recently outlined its plans for the future of Marathon, confirming that it will be adding new PvE content that will appeal to players who don&#8217;t care for PvP or extraction gameplay. There&#8217;s also an effort underway to improve the onboarding experience to make the game less intimidating to newcomers. As of right now, it remains to be seen how effective this will all be, but it&#8217;s clear that Bungie isn&#8217;t throwing in the towel just yet.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Marathon Screenshots 2026 and 2025<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Sony acquired Bungie in 2022, but it unfortunately has yet to pay off. The studio was acquired as part of PlayStation&#8217;s efforts to have more live service offerings. Bungie consulted on other PlayStation projects, including The Last of Us Online, which was later canceled following feedback from Bungie. The Destiny developer told Naughty Dog what it would take to make and support a live service game, which led to Naughty Dog walking away from the project. Destiny 2 also failed to meet expectations for Sony, resulting in a $204 impariment loss in 2025. Similarly, Marathon&#8217;s dismal sales led to a $765 million impariment loss for Sony.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Sony has also shown it&#8217;s not afraid to dismantle or even shutter entire studios, as it closed Bluepoint earlier this year. The developer was best known for its work remastering\/remaking classic games and was expected to continue doing so for PlayStation. Unfortunately, the studio was shut down without releasing a single game as a first-party PlayStation studio. Fans are hoping that Bungie doesn&#8217;t suffer a similar fate, especially given the talent and legacy that the studio holds.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN&#8217;s news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bungie-is-reportedly-planning-significant-layoffs-destiny-3-not-in-the-works.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[109,50],"class_list":["post-9616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-destiny","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9618,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions\/9618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}