Bungie
American video game developer
Follow Bungie on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| May 2025 | An unannounced game in a new IP was transitioned to teamLFG, a new studio under PlayStation Studios. |
| 2025 | Bungie plans to release Marathon, a new game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S platforms. |
| October 2024 | Bungie's Creative Studios arm was integrated into PlayStation Studios to support other Sony live service games, while continuing to support Destiny and Marathon. |
| July 2024 | Bungie announced a significant layoff of approximately 220 employees (about 17% of its workforce), with CEO Pete Parsons citing rising development costs and economic challenges. The restructuring involved integrating some staff into PlayStation Studios and spinning off a new action sci-fi fantasy project. |
| July 2024 | Bungie announced a second round of layoffs, cutting 220 staff and leaving about 850 employees, with plans to transition 155 employees directly to Sony and refocus on Destiny and Marathon games. |
| May 2024 | In a jury trial, Bungie was awarded around $63,000 in a landmark case against AimJunkies for game cheating software, marking the first jury trial ruling on such software. |
| May 2024 | In a copyright lawsuit against AimJunkies, Bungie won a jury trial regarding cheat software, marking the first legal ruling of its kind in video game cheating cases. |
| October 30 2023 | Bungie laid off approximately 100 employees out of 1,200, as part of cost-cutting measures across Sony studios, with Destiny 2 revenue falling by 45% and The Final Shape expansion delayed. |
| July 15 2022 | The acquisition of Bungie by Sony Interactive Entertainment was officially closed, making Bungie a subsidiary of Sony. |
| January 31 2022 | Sony Interactive Entertainment announced its intent to acquire Bungie for $3.6 billion, with Bungie to remain an independent subsidiary focused on expanding Destiny franchise and other planned games. |
| December 2021 | IGN reported on workplace culture issues at Bungie, highlighting concerns about a male-dominated work environment and discriminatory practices towards female employees since around 2011. |
| February 2021 | Bungie announces a major expansion, including doubling its Bellevue headquarters and planning a new studio in Amsterdam by 2022, with plans for additional Destiny media and a new intellectual property by 2025. |
| January 2019 | Bungie announces the end of its partnership with Activision and takes over publishing for Destiny. |
| 2018 | NetEase invests $100 million into Bungie, receiving a minority stake and a board seat. |
| 2017 | Bungie releases Destiny 2. |
| January 2016 | Harold Ryan steps down as president, and Pete Parsons becomes the new chief executive officer. |
| September 9 2014 | Destiny launches on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One platforms. |
| 2013 | Bungie announces Destiny, their new video game project. |
| 2011 | Bungie formed a nonprofit organization called the Bungie Foundation, demonstrating the company's commitment to charitable causes. |
| June 30 2011 | Bungie announces the 'Bungie Aerospace' project, aimed at supporting independent game developers with publishing, resources, and platform access. |
| 2010 | Bungie launched a charity initiative after the Haiti earthquake, selling 'Be a Hero' T-shirts and donating money to the Red Cross for every Halo 3 or ODST player on Xbox Live who wore a special heart-shaped emblem. |
| April 2010 | Bungie signs a ten-year publishing deal with Activision. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Bungie, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.