Bungie is ready to lastly reveal what taking part in Marathon, an extraction-shooter revival of Bungie’s sci-fi FPS collection, shall be like. A gameplay reveal showcase is slated for April 12 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.
Marathon’s social media accounts sparked to life prior to now week, pointing to an ARG (alternate actuality sport) that led to on-line sleuthing for puzzle options and secrets and techniques, within the course of unveiling new art work for the sport and presumably serving to to unlock Bungie’s official announcement of the gameplay showcase.
Bungie’s subsequent sport was introduced two years in the past with a classy trailer however few particulars apart from it will be an extraction shooter set in the identical universe of Bungie’s outdated, pre-Halo IP that ended with Marathon Infinity in 1996. Marathon is Bungie’s first new sport for the reason that launch of Future 2 in 2017, although Future has obtained common updates and expansions since then.
Followers nonetheless do not have many official particulars of what taking part in Marathon will entail apart from the same old extraction style staples of competing in opposition to different groups to make it out alive with a bag of treasured loot (although a short teaser clip for the gameplay reveal does embody a pink robotic cat). Bungie offered a detail-light replace in October 2024 that hinted Marathon can be bringing a hero shooter strategy to the style, implying a few of what some “Runners” (Marathon’s title for participant characters) would have the ability to do. A report from across the similar time indicated Marathon can be $40 and never free-to-play, but it surely’s unclear if that’s nonetheless Bungie’s plan or if plans have modified.
Marathon obtained a brand new sport director, Joe Ziegler, in late 2023 following layoffs at Bungie. He beforehand labored at Riot on its in style free-to-play shooter Valorant. The sport’s outdated director, Chris Barrett, was reportedly let go from Bungie for alleged misconduct in the direction of girls coworkers, and is now suing Bungie and father or mother firm Sony alleging he was fired with out trigger. One other spherical of layoffs at Bungie, which affected 220 folks, occurred in July 2024 following the discharge of Future 2: The Remaining Form.
Marathon is ready to launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC, however doesn’t have an official launch date or window simply but. Little question extra data shall be revealed on the Marathon gameplay showcase, so followers will not have to attend lengthy for extra information.