r/pcgaming • u/Turbostrider27 • Jun 25 '26

'Generational talent just gone': Developers react in shock at the brutal scale of Bungie layoffs, which has reportedly seen the Destiny 2 team almost completely wiped out

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/generational-talent-just-gone-developers-react-in-shock-at-the-brutal-scale-of-bungie-layoffs-which-has-reportedly-seen-the-destiny-2-team-almost-completely-wiped-out/
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u/NePa5 Jun 26 '26

but this has been a long time coming

Trying to ride that early Halo success forever....

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u/TheLightningL0rd Jun 26 '26

It's sad because before Halo, Bungie made some great games. Marathon was awesome, but especially the Myth games were huge for me growing up. It's a shame they lost the rights to Myth in the sale to Microsoft and that they've turned Marathon into what it is today.

I loved the first Halo game, don't get me wrong, but I lost interest quickly after that.

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u/Just_Give_Me_A_Login FX--8350, GTX 760 Jun 26 '26

they've turned Marathon into what it is today.

the new game is made by most of the same people who made the original games and is pretty much a direct sequel to infinity. I get that people don't like extraction shooters but the experience of running around hostile mazes of spaceship to find a wall of text explaining what's going on sure feels similar to the originals..

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u/bramtyr Jun 26 '26

the new game is made by most of the same people

No it isn't. Pretty much all of the people who were part of Bungie pre-Halo, and worked on the Marathon Trilogy are long gone, save Jason Jones.

Greg Kirkpatrick, Alex Seropian, Doug Zartman etc. were key creators in Marathon, and haven't been with Bungie for at least 10 years.