Bungie's Veteran Ceo Pete Parsons Is Leaving The Company

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has announced that he's leaving nan Halo developer aft moving astatine nan workplace for much than 2 decades. In Parsons' place, Justin Truman, a wide head connected Destiny 2 and Bungie's main improvement officer, is taking complete arsenic workplace head.

"After much than 2 decades of helping build this unthinkable studio, establishing nan Bungie Foundation and increasing inspiring communities astir our work, I person decided to walk nan torch," Parsons shared successful a connection connected Bungie's website. "Today marks nan correct clip for a caller beginning. The early of Bungie will beryllium successful nan hands of a caller procreation of leaders, and I americium thrilled to denote that Justin Truman will beryllium stepping into activity arsenic Bungie's caller workplace head."

Parsons oversaw Bungie during a consequential play successful nan studio's history. Bungie started publishing its ain games nether his leadership, ending a longterm publishing woody pinch Activision that helped get Destiny released. Parsons besides played a domiciled successful nan studio's $3.6 cardinal acquisition by Sony, which placed Bungie astatine nan halfway of plans to create live-service games for nan PlayStation — a move that hasn't really paid off truthful far.

Bungie has faced notable difficulties since coming nether Sony ownership. The studio's comparative independency did thing to spare it from having to lay disconnected 220 employees successful 2024. Developing Bungie's adjacent game, Marathon, has besides seemed for illustration an uphill battle. The crippled was delayed indefinitely earlier this twelvemonth pursuing nan find that nan alpha type of Marathon used stolen creation assets.

Truman's caller activity domiciled suggests Destiny 2 will stay a going interest for Bungie. It mightiness besides awesome a caller narration pinch Sony and PlayStation Studios. During a caller net call, Sony CFO Lin Tao said Bungie would beryllium little independent successful nan future, and yet "become portion of PlayStation Studios," PC Gamer reports.