On Monday morning, tweets from developers revealed that Bungie, which was acquired by Sony in January 2022, was suffering layoffs. This was followed up by a report from Bloomberg that went into more detail about the layoffs and their impact on Bungie's future games. Sony and Bungie have not...
Back when Sony acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion, the deal repeatedly stressed that the Destiny developer would continue to remain independent, and would operate adjacent to PS Studios, rather than underneath it. However, there were apparently performance targets in place which meant if the studio ...
On Monday morning, tweets from developers revealed that Bungie, which was acquired by Sony in January 2022, was suffering layoffs. This was followed up by a report from Bloomberg that went into more detail about the layoffs and their impact on Bungie's future games. Sony and Bungie have not...
When Sony acquired Bungie in 2022, it was stated that theDestiny 2developer would have full independence over the operations. The current split-board structure, however, depends on the performance of the development company, especially pertaining to its ability to hit certain f...
In the last few years, Sony founded PlayStation Productions in 2019, released the Horizon PC port in 2020 and announced the Days Gone PC port in 2021 before the Nixxes acquisition, and began expanding its mobile interests in early 2021, long before Xbox acquired King (or even Take-Two ...
We will continue to sell acquired games and franchises across all game platforms. Previously unavailable titles on Xbox (e.g. Persona franchise on PlayStation, Shin Megami Tensei franchise on Nintendo) will be brought over to...
Sony‘s gaming division is being restructured and Bungie has been hit with serious waves by the decision. ThePlayStationmakers acquired Bungie last year for a stupendous $3.6 billion. However, the latest layoffs weren’t on the cards but the employees were notified of the decisi...
And SIE says it has made Destiny studio Bungie –which it acquired last summer for $3.6 billion –an integral part of ensuring these titles have the best chance of success, by taking learnings from the studio’s wealth of experience in the genre. The timing of this disclosure is ...
Bungie also pledged that the future of the franchise is still bright despite this major change. “WithForsaken, we’ve learned, and listened, and leaned in to what we believe our players want from a great Destiny experience. Rest assured there is more of that on the way. We’ll continue...