Bungie is apparently still hiring after the company laid off 220 employees on July 31. The redundancies amounted to approximately 17 percent of the game studio’s total workforce and wiped out some teams entirely. This decision by Bungie came less than two months after the launch of The Final Shape, by many metrics Destiny 2’s most successful expansion to date.
Along with the significant number of Bungie employees who unexpectedly found themselves without employment, another 12 percent received news that their roles would be integrated with Sony Interactive Entertainment in the coming months. This move will help prevent further layoffs at Bungie, according to CEO Pete Parsons, which he states were a necessary cost-cutting measure despite the positive reception of its latest release.
Amid layoffs at Destiny developer Bungie, two of the studio's biggest names reportedly leave their roles due to the restructuring.
It’s also been noticed that there are still four open job roles posted on Bungie’s career website. Two of these are for the developer’s upcoming PvP extraction shooter Marathon, one listing is for a Destiny 2 gameplay designer, and the last is for a release manager in the marketing department. Granted, websites are not always...
