Marathon development is reportedly facing trouble at Bungie: "There's a reason that it was planned for this year and slipped a whole year"

Aug. 9, 2024

“The sentiment I’ve heard is not great around it”

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Marathon is a revival of the decades-old Bungie FPS series that paved the way for Halo - but instead of a narrative-driven Doom-like, it’s now a PvP extraction shooter. We’ve seen far too little of the game to make any real judgments about it, but the gaming community’s collective live service fatigue means it’s going to have an uphill battle convincing players to give it a fair shot even if it can escape the internal struggles at Bungie.

Bungie’s Marathon looks the part, but do we really need another extraction shooter?

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