Sony cuts 292 jobs at Destiny maker Bungie
Sony Interactive Entertainment is cutting 292 jobs at Destiny maker Bungie, with redundancies impacting most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members. The decision was made after reviewing the studio's long-term direction and development priorities, and exploring multiple alternatives. The job cuts come after Sony acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion in 2022 and wrote down the purchase price by $765 million during its 2025/26 financial year.
- ▪292 staff are being let go, including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members.
- ▪The job cuts were made to align the studio's resources with its current priorities and long-term goals.
- ▪Bungie had already announced that it was closing development on Destiny 2.
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Home News Sony cuts 292 jobs at Destiny maker Bungie Redundancies are impacting "most of the Destiny team", as well as "some Marathon team members" Image credit: Bungie <img alt="Alex Forbes-Calvin avatar" src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1595496261.jpg?width=2048&height=2048&fit=bounds&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" style="aspect-ratio: 1" width="180" height="180" > News by Alex Forbes-Calvin Contributor Published on June 26, 2026 Follow Bungie Sony Interactive Entertainment is cutting jobs at Destiny maker Bungie. In an internal email, published to the PlayStation firm's website, Studio Business Group CEO Hermen Hulst said that a "significant number" of staff are affected by this news, including "most of the Destiny team" as well as "some Marathon team members".
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