Bungie has revealed the primary gameplay and extra particulars about Marathon, together with the sport’s launch date.
The sport is described as a “team-based extraction shooter.” Gamers play as a mercenary who has given up their human kind for a biosynthetic shell with distinctive talents and stats. Gamers kind a crew of three to battle in opposition to as much as 18 different gamers in every zone.
The sport might be launched on September 23, 2025.
“From the creators of Halo and Future comes Marathon, a team-based extraction shooter. Select your Runner and scavenge the misplaced colony of Tau Ceti IV for fortune, energy, and solutions to Tau Ceti’s secrets and techniques,” reads an outline for the sport.
Gamers battle over loot, which they need to then extract efficiently with to gather. If a crew dies, their bathroom will be collected by different gamers. Bungie has additionally confirmed that it’s going to enable gamers to play the sport with out the necessity of a full squad, nonetheless this might be sustainably tougher.
The sport’s closed alpha take a look at begins April 23. Any gamers within the testing Marathon forward of its September launch can enroll on the Marathon Discord.
Marathon is about for launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence and PC. The sport gained’t require gamers on different platforms to enroll in a PlayStation Community account, Bungie has confirmed.
Bungie and Sony are reportedly contemplating a $40 price ticket for Marathon.
Former Valorant sport director Joe Ziegler introduced in March 2024 that he had taken over as Marathon sport director, amidst reviews that former sport director Christopher Barrett had left the corporate.
It was alleged final 12 months that Barrett was fired by Bungie after being accused of inappropriate behaviour.
