Bungie’s veteran CEO Pete Parsons is leaving the corporate

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has announced that he is leaving the Halo developer after working on the studio for greater than 20 years. In Parsons’ place, Justin Truman, a basic supervisor on Future 2 and Bungie’s chief improvement officer, is taking up as studio head.

“After greater than 20 years of serving to construct this unimaginable 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 this time marks the suitable time for a brand new starting. The way forward for Bungie might be within the palms of a brand new era of leaders, and I’m thrilled to announce that Justin Truman might be entering 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 underneath his management, ending a longterm publishing cope with 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 thus far.

Bungie has confronted notable difficulties since coming underneath Sony possession. The studio’s relative independence did nothing to spare it from having to lay off 220 employees in 2024. Growing Bungie’s subsequent sport, 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 latest earnings name, Sony CFO Lin Tao mentioned Bungie can be much less unbiased sooner or later, and ultimately “change into a part of PlayStation Studios,” PC Gamer reports.