Tuesday, November 11th 2025
Bungie Extraction Shooter Marathon Gets New Release Date After Months-Long Delay
Marathon, a new extraction shooter in development at Bungie, has had a rough time of it, to say the least. The game was shelved ahead of its original September 23 release, with vague promises of a 2025 fiscal year release, it was found that the game's art team had unceremoniously lifted artwork from an independent artist. Critical early hands-on tests of Marathon, which described the game as "promising, but missing something," with SkillUp commenting that the game lacked depth provided by its would-be competitors. Now, however, Sony has provided an update for those still eager to try out Marathon, promising an early 2026 launch date. Specifically, Sony and Bungie aim to have Marathon launch by March 2026.
It's been something of a hot year for shooters, especially team-based shooters, with games like Battlefield RedSec and Arc Raiders dominating Steam charts in recent weeks. Arc Raiders is especially relevant, since it is also a paid game and happens to be in the same genre as Marathon. Previous rumors indicated that Marathon would be available from $40, putting it directly in the line of fire of Arc Raiders, which costs $39.99 on Steam. Leaks about the most recent Marathon play tests have been sparse, so it's difficult to know if the game has been improved significantly, but all indications suggest it will be facing an uphill battle.
Source:
Insider Gaming
It's been something of a hot year for shooters, especially team-based shooters, with games like Battlefield RedSec and Arc Raiders dominating Steam charts in recent weeks. Arc Raiders is especially relevant, since it is also a paid game and happens to be in the same genre as Marathon. Previous rumors indicated that Marathon would be available from $40, putting it directly in the line of fire of Arc Raiders, which costs $39.99 on Steam. Leaks about the most recent Marathon play tests have been sparse, so it's difficult to know if the game has been improved significantly, but all indications suggest it will be facing an uphill battle.
10 Comments on Bungie Extraction Shooter Marathon Gets New Release Date After Months-Long Delay
:pimp:
He had to connect a controller just to close certain options.
Then there's the auto-aim unlocks and perks. Activate to lock-on to your opponents. Actual gameplay items.
Marathon is multi-platform rubbish with terrible dev decisions, designed for console kiddos.
Well, better work that Bungie magic, you guys gotta need it.
As for Marathon itself, no one was really enthused with the art styling, color pallet, and ugly character designs. Doesn't help that it Bungie made the decision real early on to omit a campaign mode to at least set up the background of it instead of relying on nostalgia alone, and that it'd be purely PvP too, instead of having some PvE modes to sustain interest. Literally the only thing it has going for it is the ported over gunplay from Destiny, which is generally reviewed as still one of the best in the FPS world, but not something that even hardcore ex-Destiny players in the Marathon beta test would want to play.