Report: Destiny 2 The Final Shape Delayed to June 2024, Marathon Delayed to 2025 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2023 / 4,429 Views
It was confirmed today the first-party PlayStation studio, Bungie, has been hit with layoffs. The number of staff laid off isn't known at this time, but multiple employees have confirmed on social media to have been let go.
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier in a new report speaking to people with knowledge of the matter said the Destiny 2 expansion, The Final Shape, has been delayed from February to June 2024. The people remained anonymous as they aren't authorized to speak publicly.
The next game from Bungie, Marathon, has also reportedly been delayed with the release window pushed back to 2025. Marathon is a science-fiction player-versus-player extraction shooter in development for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
Sony announced its $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie in January 2022, which closed in July 2022. Bungie remains a multiplatform studio and will have an option "to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play."
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Jesus......and Matter was supposed to release by 2025 as well. Guess that's also being pushed further back since there's still no mention of it.
Gaas trash
I'm against most acquisitions in general but it seems this one is also turning out to be a fairly poor one as many predicted. It's tough to see when they not only bought the company for questionable reasons (their live service angle), it's also not even looking to pay off anytime soon.
Acquisitions don't have to be bad, Microsoft made a solid acquisition with Bethesda.
PlayStation is whole strategy for the future is questionable and within that strategy Bungie fits perfectly. But in search of that sweet Gaas money, they will burn trough a lot of cash. Good thing is PlayStation can't spend that on ruining more Devs with their Gaas vision.
Bethesda isn't looking too solid under Microsoft leadership
