After a noteworthy series of events, Bungie has informed fans that it remains "committed" to Destiny. More so, the future of Destiny, which had been called into question, will be revealed "soon."
We can't let the frequency of mass layoffs in the game industry desensitize us to injustice, greed, and mismanagement.
News of Destiny's status comes by way of a series of posts on Twitter. In them, the official Destiny 2 Team account shared word of a new "multi-year journey," as well as a commitment to "transparency" regarding the live-service franchise.
Here's what they had to say:
Just several days ago, Bungie made headlines when it announced that it would be undergoing its second round of mass layoffs in as many years. The most recent series of layoffs saw the elimination of 220 roles, or about 17 percent of the studio's workforce. Of the 220 developers to lose their jobs was The Final Shape narrative lead Kwan Perng.
Following the news, it had been reported that the layoffs forced Bungie to indefinitely shelve "Project Payback." The internal codename was supposedly what Destiny 3 was being developed under. That news was then put on ice by insider Jason Schreier,...
