Destiny developer Bungie will have a new boss at helm. The studio announced that former president Harold Ryan has exited the company and Pete Parsons will be promoted to the role of CEO.
Although the release did not give any particular reason for the change, but the announcement last week about the delay of Destiny 2 – question’s the timing of the exit.
“I want to personally thank Harold for his friendship, passion, hard work, and dedication in helping make Bungie the great company it is today,” Parsons said in a statement. “As a team, we celebrated many victories and weathered many storms.
“To the players of Destiny, I want you to know that my number one priority, and Bungie’s, is and always has been to deliver great games that we can all share together. I believe that Destiny is a one-of-a-kind experience. I also believe you have yet to see our studio’s best work. My new role here at the studio will be entirely focused on fulfilling that promise.”
There was no word from Ryan yet. This is not the first high profile exit from Bungie, Joseph Staten, the design director and co-creator of Halo and Destiny left studio in 2013 and Martin O’Donnell’s contract was terminated in 2014.
Currently, Bungie is working on the sequel to Destiny and will be supporting the original game with newer content.
But, the development team at Bungie seems to be stretched between delivering a sequel and also supporting the original game with newer content. The studio reportedly canned Destiny DLC and is in favour to allow small events to support more time for sequel development.
Ryan has worked his way up at Bungie and started out as a tester with Bungie working on the original Halo. He was then promoted to being a producer for Halo 2. He’s tenure as a president began in 2008.