Bungie’s veteran CEO Pete Parsons ...

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has announced that he is leaving the Halo developer after working on the studio for greater than twenty years. In Parsons’ place, Justin Truman, a normal supervisor on Future 2 and Bungie’s chief growth officer, is taking up as studio head.

“After greater than twenty years of serving to construct this unbelievable studio, establishing the Bungie Basis and rising inspiring communities round our work, I’ve determined to move the torch,” Parsons shared in a press release on Bungie’s web site. “At present marks the correct time for a brand new starting. The way forward for Bungie will probably be within the fingers of a brand new technology of leaders, and I’m thrilled to announce that Justin Truman will probably be getting into management as Bungie’s new studio head.”

Parsons oversaw Bungie throughout a consequential interval within the studio’s historical past. Bungie began publishing its own games beneath his management, ending a longterm publishing take care of Activision that helped get Future launched. Parsons additionally performed a task within the studio’s $3.6 million acquisition by Sony, which positioned Bungie on the middle of plans to develop live-service games for the PlayStation — a transfer that hasn’t really paid off to this point.

Bungie has confronted notable difficulties since coming beneath Sony possession. The studio’s relative independence did nothing to spare it from having to lay off 220 employees in 2024. Creating Bungie’s subsequent recreation, Marathon, has additionally appeared like an uphill battle. The sport was delayed indefinitely earlier this yr following the invention that the alpha model of Marathon used stolen art assets.

Truman’s new management position suggests Future 2 will stay a going concern for Bungie. It may also sign a brand new relationship with Sony and PlayStation Studios. Throughout a current earnings name, Sony CFO Lin Tao mentioned Bungie could be much less impartial sooner or later, and ultimately “change into a part of PlayStation Studios,” PC Gamer reports.