Even though Pete Parsons stepped down as Bungie CEO last year, some fans still blame him for the studio’s current state and are expressing their frustrations with a free fangame.
While Destiny 2 remains up and running, Bungie is no longer supporting it with new content updates, shifting its focus to Marathon and other new projects.
This was always going to happen someday, but the decision came after Sony gutted the studio, reportedly laying off about 400 employees, and apparently with no plans to follow up with a Destiny 3.
It’s no surprise, then, that fans are incredibly frustrated with how Bungie has been managed, with particular ire being reserved for the studio’s former CEO, so much so that someone has made a fangame all about trashing his prized car collection.
The game, dubbed Destiny: The Final Car, is nothing especially complex and primarily exists as a piece of satire and for Destiny fans to vent their frustrations.
Presented as if it’s one of Destiny 2’s raids, all you do is click the screen to throw tomatoes at passing cars while Pete Parsons, who was CEO of Bungie until his departure last year, floats around the screen. Eventually, you can remove Parson’s invincible shield and deal damage directly to him.
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For context, Parsons is still seen as being chiefly responsible for Bungie’s woes, including hundreds of earlier layoffs, following its acquisition by Sony.
In 2024, former Bungie staff publicly accused Parsons of poor management and demanded he step down as CEO. He gained particular infamy over the fact that he had spent over $2.3 million (about £1.71 million) on purchasing classic cars since the Sony acquisition.
So, in case you were confused about all the cars in the fangame, that’s why. The game also labels the cars with titles like ‘Crunch Enforcer’ and ‘Micro Management,’ while Parsons himself is referred to as ‘Pete Carsons, Destroyer of Guardians.’
Clearly, the sentiment is that even if he’s no longer at the company, fans still view his leadership as the reason why Bungie is in the state it is.
After Parsons left, chief development officer Justin Truman took over but now he’s reportedly stepping down, leaving it unclear who will succeed him.
It may not even be someone within Bungie, as Sony has been exerting more control over the studio despite promises that it would retain some independence when it was acquired in 2022.
As a reminder, Sony spent $3.6 billion (about £2.7 billion) to buy out Bungie and it’s only become clearer since then that it overpaid, with Sony deeming the acquisition a loss last year.
This means Bungie is under ever increasing pressure to justify the purchase. So far, updates for Marathon have been consistent, though those are bound to slow down now that there are less hands on deck.
It’s also unclear what other games Bungie could be working on if not Destiny 3. There were rumours of the studio making its own MOBA, codenamed Gummy Bears, but the project and a portion of its workforce was integrated into Sony to form a new internal team.
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