… According to a new Bloomberg report cited by IGN , the Destiny 2 developer is expected to be hit with "significant" layoffs in the near future, creating even more uncertainty around the studio's future after years of instability under Sony. …
… The whole point of a live-service game is to avoid those spikes in uncertainty. Instead of big investments in the hopes of future payoffs, you have teams working through established pipelines to keep making new stuff for what’s already working. That’s been a lucrative model for lots of game studios. …
… Recommended Videos The game’s demise can inspire uncertainty about its future—and, once again, reports are looking bleak . …
… Now, just a few years after the purchase was completed, there is a huge amount of uncertainty as to what the future holds for Bungie. …
… It’s this uncertainty that lends Marathon its magic. …
… Even once the studio had moved away from Destiny , I would think of my own code every time a text chat bug occurred. …
… 19 O'Donnell stated in a Bungie podcast that this recall created some financial uncertainty, although accepting the offer was not something Bungie "had to do". 28 Seropian and Jones had refused to accept Microsoft's offer until the entire studio agreed to the buyout. …
… Beyond this unfortunate and forced uncertainty, one of the game’s biggest pain points for me early on was familiarizing myself with the menus and UI. …