Bungie's new leadership just announced another pivot for the studio. The company ended development of Destiny 2 just a few months ago, but it's now returning to it. Marathon will be going through changes too, with the studio calling it an evolution.
In a blog post dubbed "The Next Chapter for Bungie," Bungie’s new Studio Head Poria Torkan and Head of Product and General Manager of Marathon Josh Deane gave an update on where the studio is heading and what's next for its games.
"We lost trust, we lost incredible colleagues, and we lost sight of what we should be prioritizing most, our players. As a new leadership team, we must own that," said the duo. "We aren’t just listening to feedback, we understand your disappointment. We are not asking you to trust what we say today. We know that trust must be earned through the quality of our games, the decisions we make, and how consistently we show up for our players."
As for Destiny 2, the studio says there are more stories to tell in the sci-fi universe. Before that, though, it will be bringing back the campaigns, destinations, and raids it previously removed. These will be remastered to match the modern engine updates. Unfortunately, a timeline for these launches was not shared today.
"When we look to the future of Destiny all up this restoration is the first step to lay the foundation for how we reforge into new stories and games that you all deserve," said the studio heads. "We’ll have more details on our unvaulting efforts in the coming months, and we’re very excited to share more about our vision to celebrate Destiny’s legacy and build its future with you all as soon as we can."
Meanwhile, the studio confirmed that its recently released extraction shooter experience Marathon "did not reach as many players" as it had hoped. While more updates are coming to make it more of a cooperative game,
Bungie says it will be going beyond its chosen genres to try and improve the title in the future.
Bungie has been going through troubles for quite some time now, with both its live service projects, Destiny 2 and Marathon, underperforming. Sony let go of hundreds of employees earlier this year, and reports said that no new projects are being greenlit either. Before today's revival news, Destiny 2 was deemed finished, and development was suspended in June. The original project heads of both games have left the studio in recent months too.
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