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Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Case Against Cheat Seller Has Been Dismissed

May 3, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Bungie has hit a bump in their fight against cheaters as the Seattle District Court dismisses the studio’s copyright infringement lawsuit against a Bungie 2 cheat seller. According to TorrentFreak, Judge Thomas Zilly dismissed Bungie’s case against AimJunkies saying that the developer failed to provide sufficient facts that the cheat seller copied elements of their work. The accompanying trademark infringement [...]

Bungie Will Remain A ‘Digital-First’ Workplace, Now Hiring For Unannounced Project

April 14, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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With the COVID-19 pandemic seemingly having run its course, companies all around the world have started making the unpopular decision to bring workers back into the office. Bungie, however, has decided to win the hearts and minds of their employees by opting to remain as a “digital-first” and fully remote studio. “Over the past two years, we have redefined how [...]

Bungie Files Lawsuit Against Individuals Behind Last Week’s DMCA Takedowns

March 30, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Last week, Bungie and Destiny videos were hit by a series of DMCA takedowns on YouTube that appeared to be caused by some issue with Google’s algorithm. It turns out that the copyright reports weren’t due to faulty code but were perpetrated by 10 individuals for some reason or other. According to MMO Fallout, Bungie filed a lawsuit against those [...]

Bungie Suspends Sales In Russia, Gamigo Raises Funds For Ukraine Through Multiple MMOs

March 11, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Bungie is the latest video game company to join the IGDA’s call to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The studio is currently working with their partners to suspend all Destiny 2 sales and microtransactions in Russia and Belarus. Players in the said regions will still be able to play the game but will not be able to purchase premium currency [...]

Bungie Employees Will Get $1.2 Billion Once The Studio Officially Join’s Sony’s Umbrella

February 5, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Sony is giving Bungie employees a lot of good reason to stay with the company following the studio’s acquisition – 1.2 billion reasons to be exact. Kotaku reports that roughly a third of the announced $3.6 billion that they’ll be paying Bungie will go to its employees with the condition that they remain employed by the company. The incentive will [...]

Bungie Will Continue To Release Multi-Platform Games Says Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO

February 2, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

When Sony announced that they were acquiring Bungie earlier this week, both companies maintained that the latter will continue to work independently under Sony Interactive Entertainment. Destiny 2 players, however, are worried about what this might mean for the game and the future of the franchise, especially when it comes to multi-platform support. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan put [...]

Sony Interactive Entertainment To Acquire Destiny Developer Bungie For $3.6 Billion

January 31, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

Video game companies are changing hands left and right this year as another major player in the industry announces one of the biggest acquisitions this year. Sony is currently in the process of acquiring Destiny and Halo franchise developer Bungie for $3.6 billion. According to the official press release, Bungie will continue to operate independently following the acquisition and will [...]

Bungie HR Head Steps Down In Response To Last Week’s Controversial Exposé

December 20, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Bungie Head of Human Resources Gayle d’Hondt has stepped down from the position after filling the role for over 14 years. Her decision is part of Bungie’s efforts to promote a safer, healthier, and more inclusive working environment following IGN’s earlier report of toxicity, crunch culture, and sexism within the company. In an email sent to all Bungie employees, d’Hondt [...]

Bungie Management Accused Of Crunch Culture, Toxicity, Harassment, And Discrimination

December 12, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

The ripples from the California DFEH’s lawsuit against Activision Blizzard continues to affect the gaming industry as yet another video game company is accused of sexism, racism, and poor treatment of its employees. Thanks to IGN’s recent exposé, Bungie now joins the growing list of abusive companies which, aside from Activision Blizzard, also includes Riot Games, Ubisoft, and Sony Interactive [...]

Ex-Bungie CEO Harold Ryan Resurfaces With A New Game Company Called ProbablyMonsters

October 10, 2019 Marc Marasigan Comments

Over the past couple of weeks, new game development studios have been popping up like mushrooms after a rainy day. Here’s another one from former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan. After being MIA for more than three years, Ryan re-emerges to announce a new multi-studio game company called ProbablyMonsters. ProbablyMonsters employs a non-traditional business structure to develop AAA games. Basically, it’s [...]

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