Within the wake of devastating layoffs at Future 2 developer Bungie, the studio has mentioned this week has been “one of the vital troublesome weeks” within the studio’s historical past. To maneuver ahead, it’s now dedicated to creating the upcoming Future 2: The Last Form enlargement one in all “the very best video games we’ve ever made.” 

“We all know we have now misplaced a whole lot of your belief,” the Future 2 improvement crew wrote in a weblog submit. “Future must shock and delight. We haven’t achieved this sufficient and that’s going to vary.”

To begin, the studio says it has “greater than 650 devoted teammates pouring all their vitality and experience into delivering” The Last Form, along with the Episodes that may observe. Bungie says followers can anticipate to listen to extra about the way forward for Future 2 “within the weeks forward.”

Within the newest instance of an extended line of video games business layoffs, Bungie laid off an estimated 100 workers in line with Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier in late October. Schreier additionally reviews The Last Form will see a delay, in addition to Marathon.

This occasion is just the most recent in an extended string of layoffs and shutdowns within the video games business. Different studios which have skilled layoffs embrace Epic Video games, CD Projekt Purple, Naughty Canine, Twitch, and Ubisoft, amongst many, many others. Studios which were shut down embrace Volition Video games, Dang!, Vanpool, and PixelOpus.