Bungie is currently experiencing a creative leadership shakeup that has led to the reassignment of game directors for its sci-fi PvP extraction shooter, Marathon. Former Valorant game director Joe Ziegler, who left Riot Games to join Bungie in 2022, has been confirmed to be taking on the role of game director for this

Today's a bad day for Bungie, as the company had to cut off a lot of its staff following what would presumably be the fallout of past corporate decisions from its current owner. But even legends aren't safe from the metaphorical guillotine. We found out that longtime Bungie composer Michael Salvatori is among the ma

Update [31/10/2023]: Legendary composer Michael Salvatori was also one of the many who were laid off. The story is updated to reflect this. A recent Bloomberg report has stated grim tidings for game studio Bungie. The company has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staff members today due to recent cuts acro

Bungie has announced that Bungie will host their annual Destiny 2 Showcase to share more details on the upcoming The Final Shape expansion, Season 22, the next reprised raid, and more on 22 August 2023. The pre-show begins at 11 pm GMT+8 on Tuesday, 22 August 2023, while the main Showcase will start on Wednesday, Au

In an exciting development for the gaming world, a group of seasoned developers from industry giants Bungie, EA, and Kongerate have joined forces to establish a brand-new studio. The brainchild of Alex Seropian, Jay Pecho, Patrick Moran, Kyle Marks, Aaron Marroquin, and Prashant Patil, Look North World is set to mak

Microsoft at one point had considered acquiring SEGA, Bungie, IO Interactive, and more. This is based on an email sent by Xbox CEO Phil Spencer to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft CFO Amy Hood in November 2020. Microsoft's ongoing attempts to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion have forced the company t

During PlayStation Showcase 2023, Bungie announced their first completely new project in more than a decade: Marathon. It's a sci-fi PvP extraction shooter, where players engage one another as cybernetic mercenaries known as Runners, exploring a lost colony on the planet of Tau Ceti IV in search of riches, fame, and i

Bungie is suing Destiny 2 cheat seller LaviCheats, seeking a total of US$6.7 million in damages. Destiny 2 was originally released back in 2017, and a new expansion, Lightfall, is coming later this month. According to the motion filed by Bungie (via Destiny Bulletin), the company is seeking a total of US$6,700,973.3

Bungie has announced that a fix to the server downtime will be pushed live between 3am and 4am PT on 25 January 2023 (or between 7pm to 8pm GMT+8 on 23 January 2023 in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries). However, this timeline is subject to change. Yesterday, Destiny 2 developer Bungie took the game's ser

Ever since Sony acquired Bungie in February 2022, there has been nothing much from the developer besides Destiny 2 updates. However, there might be a reason for that, and it's an exciting one. Bungie is apparently working on not one, but multiple unannounced projects with Sony and PlayStation. This is according to a

The former director of Valorant has announced that he’s now working as the director of a mystery new game at Bungie. Joe Ziegler revealed the news via Twitter, confirming that he is now working at the Destiny developer. He wrote: “Update – Happy to announce my new home is at Bungie working on new stuff that h

Bungie has revealed a ton of details about the next major expansion of its PvE looter shooter title Destiny 2: Lightfall. And it's a doozy! The game expansion takes place in Neo Luna, the capital city of Neptune; it's bright, it's filled with lots of pink and neon lights, and it's prettier than the majority of the D

Bungie is suing a toxic Destiny 2 player in a lawsuit that accuses him of not only violating the game's license agreement, but also threatening staff at the company. The lawsuit was filed on 15 July 2022 in the U.S. Western District Court of Washington against Luca Leone. In the lawsuit, Bungie claims that Leone has

Game industry folks already know this has been a long-time coming: the Destiny creators are now part of the PlayStation family. PlayStation has officially announced that Bungie is now together under the PlayStation banner after finally closing the acquisition that was planned a while ago. "We are proud to officiall

A few hours ago, The Supreme Court of the United States voted to overturn Roe v Wade which is the constitutionally-protected access to abortion. That's basically 50 years of that access and right now gone. As a result, a number of US states have triggers that banned abortion immediately, with other states to presumably

Bungie has filed a lawsuit against defendants accused of sending fraudulent takedown notices against Destiny 2 videos and publicly called out YouTube’s DMCA process. Just recently this month, a string of unwarranted Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns happened to many Destiny content creators on YouT

It looks like PlayStation and Bungie have wasted no time in planning their future expansion and projects by hiring new talent. The latest to notably join Bungie is Derick Tsai, a director who previously worked at Riot Games on League Of Legends animated shorts. According to his LinkedIn page, Tsai is now the Head

PlayStation has announced that they have acquired Bungie for a reported US$3.6 billion. The developer is best known for developing the first few Halo games and the Destiny franchise. According to the announcement, Bungie will remain an independent and multi-platform studio and publisher. The official statement from B

Veteran music maker and Halo/Destiny composer Marty O'Donnell has been ordered to pay Bungie US$100,000 in legal fees after being found in contempt of court. According to a Eurogamer report, the ex-Bungie employee has been sharing musical sketches, variations, and full compositions on YouTube and Bandcamp; the latte

Bungie is looking for talent for its next big project: a soon-to-be-titled multiplayer action game. The company has posted a new job listing, specifically for an "incubation sandbox designer", or someone to design the combat system for its upcoming new IP. Keep in mind that the project is still in early development,