‘Generational expertise simply gone’: Builders react in shock on the brutal scale of Bungie layoffs, which has reportedly seen the Destiny 2 crew nearly fully worn out

The different shoe has dropped. Following Destiny 2’s final main replace and widespread stories that Bungie was getting ready for mass layoffs, Sony and the studio introduced a “reduction in force” that features most people who had been engaged on Destiny 2, in addition to a number of on the Marathon crew and exterior contractors.

Exact numbers haven’t been given by Sony, however a required WARN discover issued by the studio says 292 positions had been affected in Washington, the place Bungie is headquartered (as noticed by GameFile’s Stephen Totilo). That quantity doesn’t embrace exterior or distant staff who had been affected, so the actual whole is probably going a lot increased. It’s a massacre.