Whereas Bungie’s revival of Marathon has been shrouded in fairly a little bit of thriller, the studio is attending to reveal extra particulars in regards to the title later this week. In the meanwhile, nevertheless, a hearsay has popped up indicating that Marathon shall be popping out a while this yr.
In accordance with Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson, Bungie is planning for a 2025 launch of Marathon. Contemplating this, the studio will even doubtless announce the official launch date alongside the gameplay reveal deliberate for April 12.
In a submit on social media platform X, Henderson jokes about his spouse signing him up for a fitness center membership when he tells her that he shall be on a Marathon grind later this yr. When requested for affirmation from a follower about whether or not this implies Marathon shall be out this yr, he merely replies by saying “Sure.”
“Instructed the missus I’ll be on a Marathon grind later this yr and he or she’s solely gone and signed me up the fitness center,” posted Henderson on X.
Bungie formally introduced the gameplay reveal for Marathon by way of a trailer launched earlier this month. Whereas the trailer itself doesn’t give us too many particulars in regards to the sport apart from letting us seize some sneak peeks at its environments and sound design, it did point out that, ultimately, it’d follow-up on the story threads that Bungie had first set down all the best way again within the Nineteen Nineties with its authentic Marathon trilogy.
The announcement got here a few months after rumours happened that Bungie is gearing as much as showcase Marathon in a serious method. Again in February, Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb commented on the truth that Marathon was lacking from Sony’s State of Play showcase on the time as a result of Bungie was planning its personal showcase for the sport.
“Bungie does their very own factor normally for Future, they’re going to undertake that very same ‘We’re speaking to our viewers’ technique this yr as effectively, so I believe April,” stated Grubb. “We’ll most likely hear from them about Marathon, and it will simply be its personal factor separate from a State of Play.”
Within the meantime, Bungie has additionally been always updating the Steam database entries for Marathon. Simply final month, the corporate added a number of new “app sorts” to the Steam database itemizing for Marathon. This means that the corporate is getting nearer to the title’s launch, and is gearing as much as launch the sport alongside some DLC or enlargement passes.
Bungie has additionally been eager on increasing its playtests for Marathon main as much as its gameplay reveal. Again in October, director Joe Ziegler talked about eager to get extra gamers into playtests in order that the studio might get extra suggestions on how the sport was shaping up.
In accordance with Ziegler, the studio is “increasing our playtests just a little bit wider and wider. We’re wanting so as to add a major quantity of gamers to every of our milestones as we’re going ahead, and a few of these large inflections are alternatives for you all to affix us.”
Marathon was introduced all the best way again in 2023. The sport is in improvement for PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S. In case you’re fascinated with realizing the place the sport’s identify comes from, take a look at our protection of the basic Marathon trilogy being accessible on PC.
