Amidst Bungie Layoffs, Why Does Destiny 2 Composer Michael Salvatori’s Website Display- “Gone Fishing”?

Destiny 2 has lost a lot of talent this year. Previously, fans were mourning the loss of Lance Reddick, the brilliant actor who played Commander Zavala in the game. Now, it looks like that loss has been elevated as a bunch of other people who had a big hand in Destiny 2’s development have departed the company. One of them might be Bungie’s very own composer, Michael Salvatori.

Recently, a wrecking ball hit Bungie fans in the guts when rumors started coming in that they had decided to lay off several developers belonging to the senior staff. After that, Michael Salvatori’s website got changed too, and fans can’t help but wonder what’s going on.

Fans are confused as the website of Destiny 2 composer Michael Salvatori removes all content

Video games are a visual medium; there’s no doubt about this. This experience of playing insanely well-done games is completed by an excellent soundtrack. Michael Salvatori has been providing that to fans of Bungie’s games for numerous years now. He started his journey with Bungie in 1997 with their tactic game, Myth: The Fallen Lords. Ever since that game, he has scored pretty much every game the developer has worked on. He even had a website mentioning all his works, but recently those mentions were edited out of it with only “Gone Fishing” written, and fans were confused.

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons made an X post explaining the company’s decision to lay off a bunch of their developers. The post said, “Today is a sad day at Bungie as we say goodbye to colleagues who have all made a significant impact on our studio. What these exceptional individuals have contributed to our games and Bungie culture has been enormous and will continue to be a part of Bungie long into the future.”

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While many fans deemed this statement to be tone-deaf, others were quick to relate it to missing content on Michael’s official website. His website used to have mentions of his work for Bungie over the years. Fans have now deduced that the developer might have decided to lay him off alongside the other staff.

While Pete has not made any confirmation of the names of those who have been laid off, Fans are digging the internet to uncover some more information regarding the same. Let’s see what they come up with.

Is this due to the shift in leadership at Sony?

Many fans are blaming these layoffs on the recent leadership change at PlayStation. Fans are aware that Jim Ryan, who was an avid supporter of Bungie’s work, has decided to step down from his position.

It has been revealed that Sony is now backing out of its push to publish numerous games as service titles. A push that was started by none other than Jim Ryan himself. Fans would soon find out how true this is, as there’s always an explanation given for such layoffs.

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