Bungie has been facing mass cuts since Destiny 2's last update

Bungie confirmed on Thursday that the next update for Destiny 2 will be the last as the studio focuses all its efforts on its new game Marathon. The problem is, with no immediate plans for Destiny's future, there almost certainly won't be enough jobs after the final update rolls out.

That's probably what many speculated when the Destiny 2 news broke this week, and now Bloomberg has confirmed it in a follow-up report that includes some good details about Destiny 2's future that could mean something for Bungie and its staff.

There are no plans for Destiny 3

The report confirms that, at least as of now, there are no plans for a Destiny 3 or anything more from the Destiny series. While that may change one day, it does mean that once the final update is complete, there will be a lot of people at Bungie who no longer need it.

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Marathon takes priority as Destiny 2 has more devs working on its post-launch support

Bungie has reportedly turned its attention to supporting Marathon, with less devs working on Destiny 2.

While some will aid in the ongoing development of Marathon, it seems that most of those working on Destiny 2 who are working on its replacement have already made that leap. The result, according to Bloomberg, will be a “significant” number of layoffs for Bungie in the near future. This will be the third wave at Bungie since PlayStation acquired the studio in 2022.

“The company has no new projects lined up for Destiny 2's development team after the game wraps up next month,” the report reads. It notes that there are no plans for Destiny 3 to enter production immediately, although there are currently no indications that there will be a third game in the series.

Bungie is reportedly pitching new projects

The silver lining isn't the reason it's lost, although it looks bleak. Bungie is reportedly in the process of pitching projects to PlayStation, but as it stands, none of those projects have been approved. It's unlikely that any of them will happen at this time, as PlayStation probably wants Bungie's attention to focus solely on making the marathon a success, hence the push to leave Destiny 2 behind.

Although Marathon hasn't been a disaster – it's already lasted much longer than Concord or Highguard did – it's also not quite where Bungie and PlayStation hoped it would be. It also had fewer players than Destiny 2 on Steam a few days ago, which is an especially damning sign considering what's happened since. PlayStation also confirmed through its most recent financial report that Bungie's value dropped by $560 million in the last quarter alone. That was the start of the quarterly marathon.