Bungie reportedly has ‘no plans’ for Destiny 3, will focus on Marathon instead

Last night, Bungie officially announced that it is ending development of Destiny 2. Fans immediately began hoping that this would mean that Destiny 3 is entering development, but that turns out to not be the case.

According to sources speaking with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who has an impeccable track-record with his reporting, Bungie has no plans to begin work on Destiny 3. Instead, Bungie will undergo another round of layoffs, while those remaining will be shifted to Marathon.

The report states that Bungie “doesn't have a new project lined up for Destiny 2's development team”. However, some of those who remain at Bungie after the next round of job cuts will be put into smaller ‘incubation teams' in the hopes of getting a new game greenlit, but these games won't necessarily be tied to the Destiny IP and ultimately, any new projects will need Sony's approval.

As you might imagine, Sony isn't exactly happy with Bungie right now. The company just recorded another $700+ million impairment loss on the acquisition of Bungie, meaning that the company is now worth significantly less than what Sony paid to acquire it several years ago. With that in mind, projects that are deemed ‘too expensive' or risky are unlikely to be greenlit. Destiny 3 likely fits into that category, as such a project would be a colossal undertaking, take 5+ years to complete and requiring the studio to ‘scale up' after multiple years of downsizing.

KitGuru Says: Marathon has been siphoning resources away from Destiny for years, to the detriment of the live game. Now that Destiny is officially dead, I'm not sure how Bungie expects to win those fans back – they certainly won't want to support Marathon after all of this. 

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