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Sony Cuts Hundreds of Bungie Jobs After Destiny 2 Falls Short, Shifts Focus to Marathon

Sony has announced significant layoffs at Bungie, affecting nearly 300 employees, as the studio shifts focus from Destiny 2 to Marathon. The restructuring follows Destiny 2's underperformance.

International Business Times UK

'Generational talent just gone': Developers react in shock at the brutal scale of Bungie layoffs, which has reportedly seen the Destiny 2 team almost completely wiped out

Many of those being let go are showing incredible dignity in the face of a gigantic squandering of talent.

PC Gamer

Bungie confirms devastating layoffs in Destiny 2, Marathon teams as Sony casts dark shadow

The order seemingly came from above.

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With Destiny 2 over, Bungie lays off 'most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members'

The number of people put out of work has not been disclosed, but it doesn't sound good.

PC Gamer

"Most" of the Destiny 2 team is being laid off as Bungie says the MMO "fell short of expectations these past several years," some Marathon devs also affected

PlayStation CEO Herman Hulst says Marathon "remains an important part of our portfolio"

GamesRadar

Marathon Petroleum Is Back, But Cycles Still Matter

Marathon Petroleum stock has rebounded on stronger refining margins and cash flow, but investors should weigh energy market cycles before buying shares.

MarketBeat

Increasingly Fierce Storms Are Coming for the Upper Texas Coast. Is the Petrochemical Industry Ready?

Galveston County is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. The level of emergency preparedness varies widely.

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London Marathon 2027 will be a two-day event, allowing 100,000 runners to cross the finish line in a unique double-format race

The London Marathon is going to be a two-day event, which will allow the race to accommodate 100,000 runners. Here's how it's going to work.

Tom’s Guide

Marathon Season 2 is testing my map knowledge in the most terrifying way: by turning the lights off

Now Playing | I played nearly 150 hours of Marathon's first season and it's just as well, because now I can't see a sodding thing

GamesRadar

Bungie reportedly firing half the studio following Destiny’s 2 demise

No bang, only whimpers.

Destructoid

"The only way to keep Bungie alive": As Destiny 2 ends, ex-Bungie dev says supporting Marathon will help keep the studio afloat

With Destiny 2 development now ended, one ex-Bungie dev says the best way to support the studio is to support its new extraction shooter Marathon.

Windows Central

Former Destiny 2 CM claims Bungie was 'very close to shutting its doors' before the buyout

"It was an emergency acquisition."

PC Gamer

Destiny 2 fans broke Steam server tracking while saying goodbye on PC, surpassing Marathon's peak player count in minutes

Destiny 2 players rallied behind a community-wide mass login event, pushing the game past Marathon's peak Steam player count, crashing SteamDB, and sending a powerful message to Bungie and Sony about the future of the franchise.

Windows Central

Marathon free week players who bought Deluxe Edition for $14 won't get to keep the game as they actually just paid for a bunch of cosmetics, Sony says

After the free week, "accessing this content will require the purchase of the Marathon base edition"

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Destiny 3 hopefuls loudly protest, but I fear it’s too late

Guardians make their own fate, but we are just humans.

Destructoid

How to complete Research and Development in Marathon

Dangerous drone!

Player One

'Marathon' Season 2 Server Outage Disrupts Launch as Bungie Faces Major Live-Service Crisis

"Marathon" Season 2 launch suffers major server outage, blocking players after big update as Bungie struggles with errors, fixes, and downtime issues.

Windows Central

"A lot of money didn’t go into Destiny": Ex-Bungie dev blames leadership "greed," not Marathon, for funding issues as Destiny 2's final update approaches

As Destiny 2's final content update and end approaches, one former Bungie dev says money that could have supported it "went into leadership pockets."

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Former Destiny 2 boss won't say "Destiny 1 remaster" out loud, but suggests it might not be a good idea: "Studios can only afford so many bets"

"Opportunity costs are high if you are people or cash constrained"

TechRadar

With Destiny 2 dead, Bungie is trying to save Marathon's dwindling player count with a free-to-play trial

Bungie has announced a limited-time free trial for Marathon as part of Season 2's upcoming release.

GamesRadar

As Destiny 2 ends, what's next for Bungie?

Opinion | Putting the doom and gloom aside and looking at the facts and ground-level vibes after Destiny 2's demise

GamesRadar

Shrugging off a Steam review bomb after Destiny 2 ends, Marathon tries its best in Season 2 reveal

Marathon Season 2: Nightfall brings a new map and Runner shell

Windows Central

"I will f**king bury Marathon myself to send that message" — are Destiny fans taking it too far?

Furious Destiny 2 fans clash over potential Marathon boycott as the franchise faces its end.

Destructoid

Marathon goes full sci-fi horror in trailer for season 2 amid souring Bungie sentiment

Who turned out the lights?

PC Gamer

Our readers are clear: They want Destiny 3, which is awkward, because Bungie reportedly isn't making Destiny 3

D'oh.

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