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 growth 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 cross the torch,” Parsons shared in an announcement on Bungie’s web site. “At present marks the best time for a brand new starting. The way forward for Bungie might be within the fingers of a brand new technology of leaders, and I’m thrilled to announce that Justin Truman might be moving 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 job 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 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 12 months following the invention that the alpha model of Marathon used stolen art assets.

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