One month later, the title reportedlyflopped amongst playtesters, as none of them raised their hand when asked if they would play if it came out tomorrow.
Does Marathon have a release date?
Marathon is currently in development forPlayStation 5, Xbox series x/s, and PCwith full cross-play and cross-save.
The first and only trailer so far showed a brief glimpse of a gunfight taking place on a remote planet.
The title takes place on a planet where 30,000 people mysteriously disappeared without a trace, and it’s a sci-fi PvP extraction shooter that has players compete for survival, riches, and renown.
The developers briefly described what fans could expect on the game’swebsite. “You are a runner, venturing into the unknown in a fight for fame… and infamy. Who among you will write their names across the stars?”
Marathon is also a follow up to one of Bungie’s earliest shooters, a game of the same name that released in 1994. The Marathon series predates Halo by almost an entire decade, and it’s one of the earliest examples of an FPS title considering the original Doom released in December 1993.
Beyond that, not much is known about the upcoming title or how it ties into the original game.
On Aug. 9, during theFriends Per Second podcast, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier was asked about the state of the game and didn’t have a positive update.
“Not great from what I’ve heard,” Schreier said. “There’s a reason that it was planned for this year and slipped a whole year.”
“People who I’ve talked to are a little pessimistic about it even hitting it’s current planned deadline, but we’ll see,” he added.
Without anything else to go off, fans will have to wait for an official update from Bungie. For more on what Bungie has planned, check out our guide on thefuture of the Destiny franchise.
Ryan Lemay is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Call of Duty, including the CDL, Warzone, Modern Warfare and Black Ops. He also covers EA SPORTS FC, NBA 2K, Madden, and EA College Football. Ryan also has bylines at Dotesports, Destructoid, and Esports Illustrated. You can contact him here: ryan.lemay@dexerto.com
