Destiny developer Bungie has committed to a new “digital-first” hiring policy, and said that “most current and future roles will be fully remote eligible”.
A recent Vice investigation painted a similar picture within League of Legends developer Riot, where some staff were left angry by plans to drop masks and testing for unvaccinated employees, while moving to a hybrid three-days-a-week office norm.
In response, Activision delegated decisions around vaccine requirements to individual studios, and said it was still currently operating under a voluntary return to work policy.
Bungie has said it will allow remote work from a number of US states (likely due to local tax laws – thanks, Kotaku) including the developer’s home of Washington, plus others including California, Florida and Texas.