Bungie's latest round of major layoffs and a revamped focus on Destiny 2 and Marathon, brought up some questions about the projects that were left behind. One of those, Payback, a spinoff of Destiny 2, was canceled -months ago.
After prior cost cutting came up short, Bungie is laying off 220 employees and moving another 230 to other divisions within Sony, to focus on Destiny and Marathon.
Sony, who announced plans to create twelve new live service games by the end of its FY2025, has now delayed half of them, according to the company's latest earnings call.
Bungie announced their first new game series since Destiny, reviving its old Marathon IP. Billed as an extraction looter shooter, the upcoming game is based on the old Bungie series from the '90s.