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Banholzer: “Marathon,” first contact
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Banholzer: “Marathon,” first contact
Bungie’s “Marathon” is a bizarre video game. On one hand, the art style is original and unique, the gunplay on PC is gratifying and the enemy NPCs are some of the best I’ve ever seen in a PvPvE extraction shooter. But it also struggles with terrible UI and a fundamental flaw that ultimately holds back Bungie’s latest game from achieving the greatness the studio needs it to. I first playtested “Marathon” in 2024, and came away feeling disappoint…
We were a little worried about the new JcJcE multiplayer shooter at the Bungie studio, namely Marathon, and even though its launch was ultimately reassuring, it has not caused a tidal wave since its release on March 5th. Even though it must be recognized that the title remains a serious candidate of the genre FPS extraction. It is estimated that the game would have sold at about 1.2 million copies across all platforms, for revenues...
Marathon was released at the beginning of March and the least we can say is that it is not easy today to impose a game service, especially when it is sold and not offered in free-to-play. Despite this marketing choice, Bungie's title would have ended at just over a million copies. A good start that was quickly tempered by the observers of Steam players who quickly pointed a finger at a decline in the title's attendance. However, a decline that s…
Bungie wants not only to get Marathon on track quickly, but to develop it further over the years. In a recent blog post about PC optimizations, the studio has confirmed that the Extraction shooter will stay on the ball in the long term and not leave the game easy. Marathon was released on March 5, 2026 and had a remarkably bumpy development phase before that, including delays and several controversy. It is all the more remarkable that the releas…
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