Why not every state? While this list covers a lot of the more populous ones, as well as Bungie’s home state of Washington, there are a lot of grey areas on that map. I’ve asked Bungie for confirmation on why that is, but the answer is most likely: taxes.

Advertisement

Update: It’s taxes (this is Bungie’s General Counsel):

Advertisement

If you’re wondering how a studio the size of Bungie could operate long-term working from home, they actually made a little documentary in 2020 showing how they’d transitioned to the initial wave of the pandemic. Just imagine this still happening in 2022, only everyone is now wondering, “Wow, 2020 was five years ago, incredible.”