Bungie gives an update on Marathon following layoffs

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Bungie has been mostly quiet astir its upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, which still has a 2025 merchandise window. In a developer update released connected Monday, nan crippled head confirmed that it’s still successful nan works, but it’s excessively early to stock much details.

In nan astir 10-minute video, which you tin watch below, head Joe Ziegler showed disconnected 2 caller pieces of conception creation — 1 for a characteristic code-named “Thief” (pictured above) and different foe a characteristic code-named “Stealth.” Ziegler didn’t supply immoderate accusation connected these Runners, but from nan names, you tin conjecture what benignant of playstyles they cater to.

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Otherwise, nan video goes complete nan basics of nan crippled again, describes really it connects pinch nan existing Marathon IP, and gives a speedy update connected improvement progress. Ziegler confirmed that nan crippled is coming along, but that Bungie couldn’t supply immoderate much specifications aliases show disconnected immoderate footage arsenic different parts of nan crippled are astatine different stages of development. The squad is hoping to show much by mid-2025 aft it expands playtests to much players.

“For nan past mates of years, we’ve been doing a batch of fierce alteration to nan game, and we’ve been iterating beautiful heavily,” Ziegler says. For example, nan environments are “starting to travel together,” but nan characteristic models “aren’t afloat location yet.” “They’re not each together, but erstwhile they each do travel together, we’re really looking guardant to showing you what that looks like.”

A Marathon characteristic called Stealth opinionated connected a precocious level successful smoke. They're carrying a weapon and are wearing a mask.

In Marathon, you play arsenic a Runner who has to delve into maps connected a satellite called Tau Ceti IV and complete objectives to make it retired alive. Each of nan Runners will person different accomplishment sets, and you tin customize them pinch gear. If you don’t extract, you’ll suffer each your items.

The crippled is simply a follow-up to 1 of Bungie’s earliest franchises, which began each nan measurement backmost successful 1994 and continued passim nan 1990s. Ziegler says that nan caller Marathon will return elements from nan original, including its creepy atmosphere, but that it’ll beryllium a “new story” successful a “new world.”

Marathon was revealed successful a May 2023 PlayStation Showcase, but announcements and reveals person been scarce since then. Bungie has besides been dealing pinch immoderate soul chaos, pinch numerous layoffs and a restructuring pinch genitor institution Sony Interactive Entertainment. Bungie is group to attraction much connected fixing Destiny 2 and processing Marathon in lieu of different projects, though nan caller workplace will beryllium moving connected an original sci-fi/fantasy action game.

Carli Velocci

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