Fate 2 ends with a final live service update on June 9, and while Bungie tried to frame this as a positive in its announcement, it marked “a new beginning for Bungie” that would allow it to “start working on incubating our next games.” Bloomberg reports that this is causing problems for the studio.
According to the media’s sources, parent company Sony plans to make a “significant number of layoffs” as it winds down its development. Destiny 2. The report states that Bungie has no new projects planned for the team and there are no immediate plans to begin work on a third game in the shooter MMO series. Sources say Bloomberg that staff sought to introduce new projects, potentially including new Fate games, but nothing has been given the green light yet.
Bloomberg does not indicate the precise number of layoffs, nor whether any of the Destiny 2 the team could be reassigned to help support MarathonBungie’s extraction shooter released earlier this year. The company recently announced the new roadmap for the game, which includes experiment with new PvE elements
Destiny 2’s latest update is called Monument of Triumph and will serve as a farewell to the game’s characters as Bungie seeks to ensure the series will live “beyond Destiny 2.” Whatever that means. Waiting for, Destiny 2 will remain playable for the foreseeable future. Despite this, fans are they’re still mourning a game they’ve been playing for almost a decade.