Destiny 2 developer Bungie has reportedly been affected by lay-offs, changing into the newest in a protracted line of online game studios to bear downsizing in 2023.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier mentioned on X/Twitter that employees on the PlayStation Studios developer had been knowledgeable of the lay-offs as we speak, October 30.
The variety of folks affected by the downsizing is unclear, although Bungie CEO Pete Parsons reportedly emailed employees this morning to inform them of a gathering the place they’d be informed extra.
Though lay-offs aren’t unusual within the online game business, 2023 has confirmed significantly brutal for builders as myriad studios have been affected. Dreams creator and fellow PlayStation Studios developer Media Molecule noticed a discount of 20 employees members earlier in October, alongside F1 Manager studio Frontier Developments which was hit the identical week.
The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has additionally undergone a number of rounds of lay-offs in 2023 because the studio restructures forward of a significant improvement increase, with the lack of jobs prompting a few of its group to start out a union for Polish sport builders.
Epic Games additionally lately laid off 830 workers, a transfer that significantly affected Fall Guys developer Mediatonic, Telltale Games reportedly laid off most of its employees, and Worms maker Team17 additionally noticed deep cuts.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
