Bungie just pulled the plug on active development for Destiny 2, announcing the final live-service update drops June 9 as a send-off called Monument of Triumph. The studio framed it as a fresh start to incubate new projects, but Bloomberg's Jason Schreier dropped the receipts: Sony is eyeing a significant round of layoffs with no new title lined up for the Destiny team and Destiny 3 nowhere in active production.

Staff have pitched ideas, including potential Destiny follow-ups, yet nothing has been greenlit while resources shift toward Marathon, the extraction shooter that launched earlier this year. Destiny 2 stays playable for now, but the 12-year run of new content ends here, leaving the live-service giant in limbo under its parent company's watch.

This is the latest chapter in Bungie's post-acquisition struggles, with prior cuts already thinning the ranks and player counts reportedly sliding. Sony's $3.6 billion bet looks more like a slow bleed than a blockbuster pivot.