{"id":370988,"date":"2026-06-25T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bungie-announces-major-layoffs-broad-cuts-follow-destiny-2-slowdown\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:36:05","slug":"bungie-announces-major-layoffs-broad-cuts-follow-destiny-2-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bungie-announces-major-layoffs-broad-cuts-follow-destiny-2-slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie announces major layoffs: broad cuts follow Destiny 2 slowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bungie, the studio behind Destiny 2<\/a>, said on June 25, 2026<\/strong>, that it’s making deep cuts and reshaping the company, only a few weeks after Destiny 2<\/a> got its final content update on June 9.<\/p>\n

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In a statement published that day, Bungie confirmed staff reductions<\/strong> but didn’t put a number on them. Later, Sony\u2019s Hermen Hulst said a significant number of people are affected, including most of the Destiny team, part of the Marathon<\/a> team, and some SIE support staff.<\/p>\n\n

Other reports have pointed to an unconfirmed figure<\/strong> of about half the company, roughly 400 jobs. Bungie also said Destiny 2 has been underperforming for several years, and that the projects meant to follow it are still in the early incubation stage. The news lands after roughly 100 layoffs in late 2023 and another estimated 220 in mid-2024, based on earlier reporting. Those same reports say studio head Justin Truman is stepping down.<\/p>\n\n

For anyone who follows Destiny, Marathon, or Sony\u2019s push into live-service games, this is one to keep an eye on. Reports say Marathon has had a rough time since its March launch<\/strong>, even while Sony continues to call it an important title. The cuts also point to something bigger: a wider retreat across the live-service market.<\/p>\n\n

Bungie\u2019s statement is available through the studio\u2019s official channels. Hulst\u2019s comments came through his public remarks<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bungie, the studio behind Destiny 2, said on June 25, 2026, that it’s making deep cuts and reshaping the company, only a few weeks after Destiny 2 got its final content update on June 9. In a statement published that day, Bungie confirmed staff reductions but didn’t put a number on them. Later, Sony\u2019s Hermen … Continue reading “Bungie announces major layoffs: broad cuts follow Destiny 2 slowdown”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":370987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-370988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370989,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370988\/revisions\/370989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370988"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=370988"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=370988"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=370988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}