Overview
- The browser game, billed as Pete Carsons / The Vault of Cars, launched on Bungie Day, July 7, and the creator asked players to submit full-raid videos to verify a faux “World’s First.”
- Gameplay borrows mechanics from Destiny’s Vault of Glass raid, asking players to pelt caricatured cars and a final boss with tomatoes while solving a parody of the Oracles puzzle.
- Coverage frames the title as a protest outlet tied to reports that former CEO Pete Parsons left in 2025 and that he spent large sums on classic cars after Sony bought Bungie in 2022.
- Kotaku and other outlets note that nearly 300 Bungie employees were laid off in the month before the game appeared, which reportedly included most of the Destiny 2 team and left a smaller crew issuing occasional hotfixes.
- The parody has drawn rapid player and media attention as a viral act of fan dissent and it highlights a wider player movement that has also pushed petitions and public criticism of Sony and Bungie leadership.