Bungie Announces Layoffs as It Admits 'Destiny 2 Fell Short of Expectations'

Bungie has confirmed its employees volition endure layoffs arsenic the institution is reorganized. The quality follows the caller ending of caller contented for Destiny 2, and amid a lackluster subordinate numbers for Marathon.

"With large sadness, we are announcing a simplification successful unit arsenic we reorganize Bungie," reads a connection from the developer.

"As the leaders of Bungie, past and present, we admit Destiny 2 fell abbreviated of expectations these past respective years. Following our last contented update to Destiny 2, and with our aboriginal projects inactive successful aboriginal incubation, we unluckily could not proceed operating astatine our erstwhile size.

"We cognize this determination has a profound interaction connected the radical affected, their families, friends, and teammates. While these changes are indispensable to champion presumption the workplace present and for the future, that does not lessen the trouble of this infinitesimal oregon the interaction it has connected those affected.

"Later, we volition stock much astir that aboriginal with you each but contiguous is not that day.

"Today, we privation to widen our gratitude and compassion to each subordinate of the Bungie squad who has been impacted and to those who remain.

"We anticipation you volition bash the same. - Bungie"

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