Something unusual is happening in Marathon. If you’ve explored the maps closely, you might have already found the beginning of what appears to be a full ARG. Over the past 24 hours, players have started discovering strange terminals hidden across the game world. These terminals look very different from the usual in-game interfaces. In fact,…

If you’ve played Marathon for a while, you’ve likely run into a frustrating problem: your vault fills up fast. After surviving a tough run and extracting great loot, you’re forced to decide what to delete to make room for new items. The game initially limits storage to encourage engagement with the faction progression system and…

Season 1 of Marathon introduces a new map that stands out from anything players have seen before. Cryo Archive is onboard the Marathon ship itself, a huge frozen ruin floating above Tau Ceti IV. Bungie describes it as the most dangerous place in the game. That alone makes Cryo exciting. Extraction shooters are all about…

Marathon releases on Thursday, 5th March, and Bungie has just released information about seasons and provided a roadmap. It features a seasonal structure that changes the world, resets progression, and refreshes the survival experience every three months. Bungie has explained how Seasons will work, what gets reset, what stays, what’s in Season 1, and even…

A Server Slam is meant to push systems, expose edge cases, highlight balance issues, and show how players interact at scale. That’s exactly what happened during the first 48 hours of the Marathon Server Slam. There were technical issues, balance debates, PvP arguments, and doom-posting. Most importantly, Bungie responded. Let’s break down what went wrong,…

Marathon is a fast, intense extraction shooter where every moment counts. If you miss a frame, stutter during a gunfight, or experience any input delay, you could lose your entire loadout. On Tau Ceti IV, performance is about survival, not just looks. To get smoother fights, clearer sightlines, and the lowest input delay, use the…

As Marathon’s launch approaches, we finally have a clear look at how its main systems work. In a detailed interview with Drewsky, combat director Kevin Giannis explained the game’s combat, Runner Shells, build crafting, gold item power, faction progression, and what it means to lose everything in an extraction shooter. Today, we’re breaking it all…

Bungie just released one of the biggest updates for Marathon. This update focuses on networking and security. That might sound a bit technical, but in an extraction shooter, it’s the base that supports everything else. Marathon is all about risk. You enter Tau Ceti IV with gear you’ve earned, fight AI and other players, and…

When Durandal first speaks in the original Marathon trilogy, Bungie shows that this is more than a machine breaking down. Durandal faces his own limits and refuses to accept them. He knows he was made to manage systems, follow rules, and be shut off. He also sees that those who made these rules are themselves…

Marathon launches on March 5th — and before that, the free weekend on February 26th will put everything to the test. But right now, there are still serious questions hanging over this game. About wipes. About monetization. About Ranked. Today I’m looking at the most important questions Bungie need to answer before Marathon launches. Before…