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Massive layoffs at bungie game mess mornings
Giant bomb podcast
Starts about 4-5 mins in, lasts about 25 mins, very good info, trusted gaming journalist who's spoken to people high up inside all parties.
TLDR:
Parsons not leaving but Herman hulst now has final say on every big decision, so Sony in charge.
'Payback' new destiny game/D3 cancelled indefinitely
D2 content going forward will be very light as far less people to work on it
No more expansions going forward, new name is content packs, much lighter content.
Marathon aimed at 2025 & all bungie are betting on
Gummy bears still a project, moba, but it's now a Sony game so PSN exclusive, working out of bungie studios but no longer bungie employees.
150 staff told to move to Sony studios with no clue were they're going it what they're doing.
Sony & Bungie see destiny as in a death spiral, no way back. If marathon flops bungie cease to be.
Edit: Jason Schrierer article tomorrow
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Of course Marathon will flop. It’s a hero extraction shooter built by people who thought they could sell $30 DLCs for $100. They decided making new stuff was too much work so they re-release old gear over and over with slight changes to mods. They literally told their devs to dial it back and underdeliver. And of course D2 will die without any new DLCs or major content drops. They pulled the life support on Bungie and now it’s just liquidating the assets and writing it off on their taxes.