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Following word that Bungie plans to wind down its content support for Destiny 2 in June, a Bloomberg report shares the "new beginning" the developer is working towards is not a third Destiny game.

Jason Schreier says — having spoken to sources on the matter — Bungie does not have a fresh project for the Destiny 2 team to immediately focus on once development on the looter shooter winds down next month. Staff are now "looking to pitch and begin development of new projects", some of which are set in the Destiny universe, but Schreier claims that "Bungie doesn’t plan to immediately enter production on a Destiny 3".

Marathon will receive some of the Destiny 2 dev team, which Bungie is apparently continuing to invest in. Schreier said some members of the Destiny 2 team have already moved over to working on Marathon, and more are set to follow.

In all of this, Bungie will go through another round of "significant" layoffs. The total number of job losses isn't known yet, but the Bloomberg report states the developer "is planning a significant number of layoffs as it ends development on the long-running online shooter game Destiny 2". Bungie has been downsized as a result of layoffs a number of times over the past few years.

Bungie was a $3.6 billion acquisition for Sony a couple of years back, purchased to help spearhead PlayStation's push into the live service sector. With only Helldivers 2 to consider a success from the initiative, it's been nothing short of a disaster.

Now, as Bungie tries to work out its own future, Sony has taken more control of the team in recent months. A third entry in the Destiny series was always seen as the project that could resurrect Bungie, but following today's report, it sounds like that potential hasn't even been greenlit yet — or won't be at all.

Marathon hasn't set the world on fire either, so can Sony really wait another couple of years for the next Bungie product to make it to market? Post your thoughts in the comments below.

[source bloomberg.com]