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Following reported job losses at fellow Sony-owned studios earlier this month
Destiny 2andMarathonstudio Bungie are the next video game giant to be caught up in 2023’s brutal industry-wide wave of layoffs, as an undisclosed number of job cuts hit the veteran developer today.What’s It Like To Start Destiny 2 From Scratch?Watch on YouTubeBloombergconfirmed that Bungie CEO Pete Parsons sent a company-wide email to inform staff of a meeting this morning, accompanying news of the layoffs.While the full extent of the cuts is currently unknown, those laid off include Destiny 2 community manager and accessibility co-lead Liana Ruppert, associate franchise editor Jason Guisao, social media lead Griffin Bennett, and event manager Matthew Bianchi, who took to social media to confirm they had been let go from the studio.“I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost,” Ruppert wrote onTwitter/X.“That was a hell of a run folks… Today I was let go from Bungie,” Bianchiconfirmed. “5 years and 346 days of D2,Marathonand some of the absolute best co-workers in Gaming.”“I was born and raised in Bellevue. Bungie was my “home team” studio. It was honor to work there. This one stings,” Bennettsaid. “Thank you to everyone at Bungie who helped make my last 5+ years the best ever.”Well… my heart is breaking for all affectedI am now looking for opportunities. I have 21 years of games industry experience in media, production, and community management. I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost— Liana Ruppert (@DirtyEffinHippy)October 30, 2023To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThe Bungie layoffs follow areported “wave of layoffs” at other PlayStation studios earlier this month. Sonyacquired Bungie last yearfor north of $3.5 billion.According to Bloomberg, the staff cuts are partially due to game delays, with Bungie’s The Final Shape expansion for Destiny 2 reportedly pushed back from next February to June 2024, and themultiplayer reboot of the studio’s nineties FPS debut Marathonapparently sliding back to a 2025 launch.The Bungie cuts continue a constant stream of cuts across the video game industry during 2023, ranging fromhundreds of staff cuts at Fortnite maker Epicanddevelopers caught up in thousands of Microsoft layoffsat the start of the year, through redundancies atBioWareandvarious Embracer Group studios- including theclosure of Saints Row creators Volition- over the summer, to recent planned job losses atElite Dangerous studio Frontier,Total War maker Creative Assembly, andCyberpunk and Witcher devs CD Projekt Red.
Destiny 2andMarathonstudio Bungie are the next video game giant to be caught up in 2023’s brutal industry-wide wave of layoffs, as an undisclosed number of job cuts hit the veteran developer today.What’s It Like To Start Destiny 2 From Scratch?Watch on YouTubeBloombergconfirmed that Bungie CEO Pete Parsons sent a company-wide email to inform staff of a meeting this morning, accompanying news of the layoffs.While the full extent of the cuts is currently unknown, those laid off include Destiny 2 community manager and accessibility co-lead Liana Ruppert, associate franchise editor Jason Guisao, social media lead Griffin Bennett, and event manager Matthew Bianchi, who took to social media to confirm they had been let go from the studio.“I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost,” Ruppert wrote onTwitter/X.“That was a hell of a run folks… Today I was let go from Bungie,” Bianchiconfirmed. “5 years and 346 days of D2,Marathonand some of the absolute best co-workers in Gaming.”“I was born and raised in Bellevue. Bungie was my “home team” studio. It was honor to work there. This one stings,” Bennettsaid. “Thank you to everyone at Bungie who helped make my last 5+ years the best ever.”Well… my heart is breaking for all affectedI am now looking for opportunities. I have 21 years of games industry experience in media, production, and community management. I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost— Liana Ruppert (@DirtyEffinHippy)October 30, 2023To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThe Bungie layoffs follow areported “wave of layoffs” at other PlayStation studios earlier this month. Sonyacquired Bungie last yearfor north of $3.5 billion.According to Bloomberg, the staff cuts are partially due to game delays, with Bungie’s The Final Shape expansion for Destiny 2 reportedly pushed back from next February to June 2024, and themultiplayer reboot of the studio’s nineties FPS debut Marathonapparently sliding back to a 2025 launch.The Bungie cuts continue a constant stream of cuts across the video game industry during 2023, ranging fromhundreds of staff cuts at Fortnite maker Epicanddevelopers caught up in thousands of Microsoft layoffsat the start of the year, through redundancies atBioWareandvarious Embracer Group studios- including theclosure of Saints Row creators Volition- over the summer, to recent planned job losses atElite Dangerous studio Frontier,Total War maker Creative Assembly, andCyberpunk and Witcher devs CD Projekt Red.
Destiny 2andMarathonstudio Bungie are the next video game giant to be caught up in 2023’s brutal industry-wide wave of layoffs, as an undisclosed number of job cuts hit the veteran developer today.
What’s It Like To Start Destiny 2 From Scratch?Watch on YouTube
What’s It Like To Start Destiny 2 From Scratch?
Bloombergconfirmed that Bungie CEO Pete Parsons sent a company-wide email to inform staff of a meeting this morning, accompanying news of the layoffs.
While the full extent of the cuts is currently unknown, those laid off include Destiny 2 community manager and accessibility co-lead Liana Ruppert, associate franchise editor Jason Guisao, social media lead Griffin Bennett, and event manager Matthew Bianchi, who took to social media to confirm they had been let go from the studio.
“I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost,” Ruppert wrote onTwitter/X.
“That was a hell of a run folks… Today I was let go from Bungie,” Bianchiconfirmed. “5 years and 346 days of D2,Marathonand some of the absolute best co-workers in Gaming.”
“I was born and raised in Bellevue. Bungie was my “home team” studio. It was honor to work there. This one stings,” Bennettsaid. “Thank you to everyone at Bungie who helped make my last 5+ years the best ever.”
Well… my heart is breaking for all affectedI am now looking for opportunities. I have 21 years of games industry experience in media, production, and community management. I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost— Liana Ruppert (@DirtyEffinHippy)October 30, 2023
Well… my heart is breaking for all affectedI am now looking for opportunities. I have 21 years of games industry experience in media, production, and community management. I’m processing,I’m so heartbroken. I don’t know what to do from here… this was my home. I feel so lost
The Bungie layoffs follow areported “wave of layoffs” at other PlayStation studios earlier this month. Sonyacquired Bungie last yearfor north of $3.5 billion.
According to Bloomberg, the staff cuts are partially due to game delays, with Bungie’s The Final Shape expansion for Destiny 2 reportedly pushed back from next February to June 2024, and themultiplayer reboot of the studio’s nineties FPS debut Marathonapparently sliding back to a 2025 launch.
The Bungie cuts continue a constant stream of cuts across the video game industry during 2023, ranging fromhundreds of staff cuts at Fortnite maker Epicanddevelopers caught up in thousands of Microsoft layoffsat the start of the year, through redundancies atBioWareandvarious Embracer Group studios- including theclosure of Saints Row creators Volition- over the summer, to recent planned job losses atElite Dangerous studio Frontier,Total War maker Creative Assembly, andCyberpunk and Witcher devs CD Projekt Red.
