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Bungie says Marathon "on track", but "a little early to show" in first developer update

Almost exactly a year since it was reported Bungie had delayed its sci-fi extraction shooter Marathon into 2025, the st…

Watch on YouTube Ziegler also touched on Marathon's connection to Bungie's 90s sci-fi shooter series of the same name, saying the reboot uses a lot of "familiar elements" from the original - including the "mysteries, eeriness, and psychological creepiness" - then layers on elements that help "modernise" it, including a new story and world Bungie can continue to update. Next year will also see the studio expand its playtesting, with Ziegler revealing the team wants to add a "significant amount of players to each of our milestones as we're going forward". Today's update is the first time Bungie has talked about Marathon in any real detail since its unveiling the project in 2023, and the first promotional push since the studio laid off 220 staff- roughly 17 percent of its workforce - back in July.

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