Bungie Slated To Lay Off Destiny 2 Staff, No Sequel On the Cards

Bungie recently announced that it would stop development work on Destiny 2 in June 2026, and although previous rumors suggested that Destiny 3 was in the early stages of development, it seems as though the decision has been made to shelve that project, or it never existed in the first place. According to a recent report by Jason Schreier of Bloomberg, Bungie will be conducting layoffs following the June 9 update that will serve as Destiny 2's last hurrah. It has not been revealed how many staff members will lose their positions, but Schreier's source says that developers at Bungie have pitched a number of games to leadership, including some Destiny games, but nothing has been green-lit for production.

Apparently, the game studio will shift its focus to Marathon, instead. This news follows recent financial reports from Sony that revealed Sony is facing total impairment losses of $560 million for Q4, 2025. Marathon has had a relatively successful launch, even though it seems to have not quite done the numbers that Bungie and Sony expected it to. Nearly three months later, Marathon's daily peak concurrent player count has dipped to around 10-12,000 players, and the dev team is scrambling to shake up the game with new game modes that focus on PvE and co-op gameplay over the PvP aspects, all in an effort to improve player retention.