Keep in mind Marathon? No, not that Marathon, though props for making the throwback connection. I imply the extraction shooter reboot introduced in 2023, that we have heard virtually nothing about since. Properly, we could also be about to listen to extra, and probably fairly quickly.
After months of silence following a message from recreation director Joe Ziegler, who reassured the world that work on the sport is continuous however in any other case revealed nothing of notice, the Marathon social media accounts fired up at this time to disclose, nicely, this:
And what precisely is this? I have no idea, but it surely’s attracting numerous consideration. The official Xbox account leapt in, as did Discord, though neither had a complete lot to say. Many Bungie followers additionally chimed in, most expressing pleasure that perhaps, lastly, we’ll get a correct take a look at the sport, and some decided to decode what they’re fairly positive is a hidden message and never simply 15 seconds of hype.
Assuming the publish does imply an imminent replace on the standing of Marathon, it is lengthy overdue. The announcement of the reboot was adopted by (after all) an ARG, and that was just about it for practically a yr, till Bungie introduced in March 2024 that Ziegler had taken over as recreation director.
It later got here to mild that longtime Bungie worker Christopher Barrett, the unique director, had been fired for alleged inappropriate habits with feminine staff on the studio. In December 2024, Barrett sued Sony and Bungie over claims of wrongful dismissal, a matter that is nonetheless working its manner by the courts.
That dearth of knowledge, to not point out Bungie’s seemingly infinite struggles with Future 2 and difficulties with Sony, has not impressed nice confidence within the Marathon reboot. PC Gamer’s Tim Clark, a person who actually ignored a number of twister warnings so he may end a Future 2 raid, wrote in 2024 that the catastrophic failure of Harmony had him much more frightened about Marathon—the plain implication being that he was frightened even earlier than Harmony flamed out. As he famous, the world is already full of extraction shooters, and after taking a shower on Harmony, Bungie mum or dad Sony won’t be inclined to indicate an excessive amount of endurance if Marathon would not come out of the gate very robust.
However that each one stays to be seen. For now, players are simply excited in regards to the prospect of seeing one thing in regards to the recreation. Fingers crossed it’s going to be good.
