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Report: Bungie To Face ‘Significant’ Layoffs After The End Of Destiny 2

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Kenneth Shepard Kotaku
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Destiny 2
Genres · adventure, fps, rpg
Release · Sep 6, 2017
Developer · Bungie
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Active · 1994–2026
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Top genres · platformer, strategy, puzzle
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