The Destiny 2 and Marathon developer may be in trouble, as a report says Sony hasn't approved a new project for the studio and is instead eyeing massive layoffs.
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The Sony-owned live service title Destiny 2 won't be receiving content updates for much longer, with the final drop coming next month.
Sony's next live service attempt is coming from Bungie, the makers of Halo and Destiny. The extraction shooter Marathon finally has a firm release date following last delay.
Sony and Bungie have revealed a new release target for the upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, which will be hitting Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.
The PlayStation maker purchased Bungie in 2022 to pivot its studios into making live service games. However, the studio hasn't managed to reach expectations for its own live service hit, Destiny 2.
Sony-owned developer Bungie is going through a major leadership change as CEO and Studio Head Pete Parsons has left the company.
Marathon is no longer landing this September, as Sony and Bungie have decided to delay the live service extraction shooter to focus on feedback.
In a statement, the Sony-owned studio Bungie has admitted to using artwork without permission in its upcoming live service extraction shooter Marathon.
Sony studio Bungie today gave a first look at the gameplay of its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. A release date has finally been attached to the live service project too.
Sony and Bungie's next live service venture, Marathon, is getting a full gameplay reveal later this week. The title is slated to hit PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms.
The next multiplayer game coming from Bungie and Sony is reportedly a MOBA experience akin to League of Legends or DOTA. It's said to be aimed at younger audiences, though.
Destiny-maker Bungie's next project, Marathon, was announced over a year ago, but players will have to wait for a while longer to jump into playtests.
Bungie's Destiny universe is coming to mobile space. Destiny: Rising is a NetEase-developed free-to-play shooter experience, and a playtest is happening soon.
Bungie has revised its roadmap for its sci-fi shooter Destiny 2. It will release two paid expansions in 2025, along with free content updates.
Xbox chief Phil Spencer revealed that Halo developer Bungie's Destiny franchise could have been an Xbox exclusive, but Microsoft passed on funding the game when it was first pitched.
Before this week's mass layoffs, developer Bungie reportedly canceled a game with the name Payback. It was set in the Destiny universe but was a third-person game in the style of Warframe.
Destiny and Destiny 2 developer Bungie has announced it will lay off an additional 220 team members. It will also spin off one of its incubation projects into its own separate studio.
With the release of Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion pack last week, Bungie is now teasing players of the sci-fi shooter with plans for new "episodes" and Codename Frontiers in 2025.
The long-awaited Destiny 2 expansion, The Final Shape, launched Tuesday, but a number of issues have put a damper on its release. Developer Bungie has apologized and is working on fixes.
Earlier today, some PlayStation 5 gamers were able to access Bungie's Destiny 2: The Final Shape expansion pack for a few hours several days before it is officially released on June 4.
The first game in Bungie's Marathon series of sci-fi shooters from the 1990s is now available to download from Steam. The other two games in the series will also launch for free on Steam soon.
This week, the free game that's being offered on the Epic Games Store is Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, which collects three paid expansion packs for Bungie's sci-fi shooter title in one title
After weeks of rumors, Bungie has officially announced a release date delay in the next Destiny 2 expansion pack, The Final Shape. The date was pushed back from February 27 to June 4, 2024.
Six of the 12 live service games in development at Sony studios do not have a launch window anymore. The company says it is now focusing on improving their quality before sticking to a schedule.
In a new update, Bungie stated that it has not done enough to "surprise and delight" Destiny 2 players and pledges to make its next expansion, The Final Shape, "an unforgettable Destiny experience."
The Sony-owned live-service giant Bungie has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce following a major miss on its revenue targets. Future projects of the studio may been delayed internally too.
Destiny and original Halo developer Bungie is laying off an unknown amount of team members today. It is also reportedly delaying a new Destiny 2 expansion along with its recently announced Marathon.
Bungie today announced The Final Shape expansion and a new season called Season of the Witch. The expansion is now available for pre-order. The season structure also changes to a new episodic model.
Bungie offered a brief description for an unnamed upcoming new team-based action game that's set in a "science-fantasy universe" and in a "comedic world". It's now hiring to develop the project.
The Final Shape will also be the final expansion for Destiny 2's Light and Darkness Saga. Details about The Final Shape will be revealed in a streaming event on August 22 starting at Noon Eastern Time
A newly revealed internal email from 2020 from Xbox head Phil Spencer asked for permission to look into purchasing Sega Sammy, and Microsoft also considered buying other publishers and developers.
Marathon was one of developer Bungie's first games, and now the developer is bringing the franchise back as a sci-fi PvP shooter. However, there's no word on when the game will launch.
Joseph Staten, who also worked on the first three Halo games as well as Destiny for Bungie, confirmed late on Friday he was leaving Microsoft but didn't say what he will be doing next.
The most recent major expansion for Bungie's sci-fi shooter Destiny 2, The Witch Queen, is available to play for free until February 26. The next big expantion, Lightfall, is coming February 28.
Destiny developer Bungie got a $4.4 million award in a lawsuit case against AimJunkies, a site that sold cheats and mods that were used on Bungie's sci-fi first person shooter series of games.
Yesterday, original Halo composer Marty O'Donnell confirmed that he, Mike Salvatori, and Microsoft have resolved their legal differences and now he can share certain music again on YouTube.
A new report by Eurogamer says that original Halo composers Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori want to block the Halo show from launching until Microsoft offers them “clarity” over some Halo songs.
With the Bungie acquisition, Sony is looking to jump into the live service side of things. The company has plans to launch at least 10 games with live service elements before March, 2026.
Today, The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley said that he's heard of more big gaming deals in the final stages of negotiations. It's unclear which companies are involved, but it may be Sony.
Sony has announced it will be acquiring the studio behind the Halo and Destiny universes, Bungie, for a cool $3.6 billion. Interestingly, the studio will continue to push multiplatform experiences.
