After its initial delay, Bungie has announced their upcoming Extraction Shooter Marathon will officially be launching in March of 2026. It will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam
The news was shared via a new ViDoc, which details all of the changes made to the game in the recent months following the Closed Technical Test, and can be watched in full below.
For more, here is a quick overview of what's new as provided by Bungie.
What's New in Marathon:
- New features since alpha, including...
- Proximity chat
- Solo queue
- Rook, a Runner shell used to scavenge matches in progress
- The world and fantasy of Marathon
- Ways we’re doubling down on the dark, gritty, and grounded sci-fi world
- Your role in Marathon–you are the Runner, and you transfer your consciousness into different shells designed with unique capabilities
- Improved visual fidelity and immersion, including...
- Dead Runners drop as corpses that decay over time
- Deepened environmental storytelling
- The role of audio
- Introduction to Marathon’s four zones (maps)
- Three surface zones–Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost
- The first zone on the UESC Marathon–Cryo Archive, an end-game challenge
- Loot and customization
- Weapons and mods, including ways to customize your gun in unique ways (like turning the Battery SMG into the Needler)
- Runner shell archetypes and ways to customize your playstyles
- Factions and progression
- Factions and the jobs they’ll ask you to do in game, like MIDA requesting you blow up a UESC dropship
- Faction upgrade trees and the capstone rewards you’ll earn each season
- The Codex, a collection of your achievements and narrative discoveries; progress to earn exclusive cosmetics and lore
For more, you can check out the original release date announcement article for additional information, the image gallery, and previous trailers.
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