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Marathon boss says extraction shooters are like The Lord of the Rings and that's why they need PvP

Legolas would've loved Marathon

GamesRadar

Free Kit Frenzy rids Marathon of most of its stress, but risks tossing out tension and teamwork too

Does Bungie’s battle royale-style experiment sacrifice too many of the extraction shooter’s best qualities?

PC Gamer

I hope Marathon's first sale gets more players to try the game — it's the most I've been consumed by a competitive FPS in a long time

I've been completely consumed by Marathon over the last month, and I'm hoping the game's first sale encourages more people to try Bungie's fascinating extraction shooter.

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"It's a slippery slope to try and build a game for an audience": Marathon, Arc Raiders, and Last Flag devs dig into the trend-bucking evolution of multiplayer shooters

Interview | Are multiplayer shooters enjoying a golden age, or becoming riskier than ever to make? GamesRadar+ spoke to four developers about their work in the genre

GamesRadar

"Over 2 billion matches restored": I'm diving back into my Bungie-era Halo stats with this incredible fan-made 'Halo Archive'

Halo Archive has restored over 1.9 billion Halo 3 matches and hundreds of millions of Halo 2 records, bringing Bungie era stats back online through a dedicated community effort.

Windows Central

Escape from Tarkov boss says Arc Raiders is "an extraction shooter for casual people," but he wants "the most painful" experience possible

Sounds delightful

GamesRadar

Marathon's secretly been telling you to "kill for mommy," community lead salutes the first thirsty players to discover the hidden message

"Goth Vandal is mommy and I will KILL for mommy"

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Marathon’s latest update makes a major quality of life change to in-match looting

A lovely little change.

Destructoid

Marathon's most popular shotgun is getting nerfed a second time, as Bungie worries it is 'eclipsing a lot of the other short range options that exist in the game'

"We're gonna take a shot at bringing the WSTR more in line."

PC Gamer

Iron Galaxy lays off more people, says it still had too many employees even after 2025's 'last resort' cuts

The cuts include former Destiny community manager David "Deej" Dague, who left Bungie to join Iron Galaxy in 2020.

PC Gamer

Marathon players are using new Mercy Kits to murder people twice: It's already been branded the 'most troll-friendly item imaginable'

The Mercy Kit murderers were inevitable, really.

PC Gamer

Bungie's latest experiment turns Marathon into a battle royale, and it's a hit: 'Free kit queue might be the most fun I've had so far'

To be an extraction shooter, or a battle royale, that's the question.

PC Gamer

Micromort god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2

Nothing Micro about that.

Destructoid

Arc Raiders studio contacted by crime scientist "intrigued by how players are interacting," dev says only 30% of players focus on PvP: "It kind of blew the whole extraction shooter open"

Over 95% of raiders use prox chat

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The Guardian - UK

Long live the ‘unc game’

‘Unc’ is meant to disparage older players, but the industry should make games for all generations

GamesRadar

Marathon is a good game, former FPS pro Shroud says, "the problem right now is it's too hard"

"More people will realize, 'wait, this game is actually really, really good'."

PC Gamer

Halo composer Marty O'Donnell welcomes Trump endorsement in Nevada Congress race, despite previous statements that Trump is an 'idiot' he loathes

A lot can change in politics.

Destructoid

Reghusk’s Pledge god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2

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Marathon's mid-season patch is a big one: 11 new weapon variants, Recon buffs, and a 'Mercy Kit' for reviving strangers

Plus some welcome quality-of-life changes.

GamesRadar

Bungie makes Marathon less vicious as players keep leaving: update adds free solo self-revives, a way to revive enemy runners, and a "stay together" option for good teammates

The unappealing rewards pass has also gotten a boost

PC Gamer

Marathon isn't going to be the big hit Sony wants because it's just too much of a sicko game

Marathon is an excellent extraction shooter, but it's also its own worst enemy.

Destructoid

Marathon’s season 1 midseason patch notes are massive and full of all sorts of big changes

Dive in.

PC Gamer

A 'free kit frenzy' mode for cheapskates arrives in Marathon this week

Bungie hopes to learn the merits of a dedicated "zero to hero" mode.

GamesRadar

Xbox exec who brought Bungie into Microsoft says it's "weird" to see Sony own the creators of Halo: "It was so weird to launch Marathon and see a PlayStation logo"

"If you would've told me, 'Oh, Bungie will be part of Sony, you know, 25 years ago, I'd be like 'What? No, I don't think so'"

Tom’s Guide

Marathon is a frustrating extraction game that I can't stop playing — here's my verdict after 81 hours on PS5

Marathon is Bungie’s take on an extraction shooter, and includes both the best and worst of the developer’s tendencies, which means it’s still a pretty good game.

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