Bungie’s plans for growing Marathon’s ‘strong core community,’ including a PvE-only mode, sound like just what the game needs The game director says the team knows it has work to do to build on what it has. Destructoid · May 14
What is the release date for Marathon Season 2? Answered The first seasonal wipe. Dot Esports · May 14
Bungie is turning Marathon's loot dial to 11 ahead of its first wipe, opening up Cryo Archive 24/7 The time has come to actually use all the good stuff in your vault. PC Gamer · May 13
Marathon season 2 begins in 3 weeks, but I fear it won’t be nearly enough to move the needle The hype levels need to rise, and soon. Destructoid · May 13
Sony’s Surprise TSMC Deal Could Ignite Its Next Big AI Growth Wave Sony is betting its future on AI-ready image sensors as robotics and autonomous systems reshape tech demand. Barchart · May 13
'Destiny 2' Speculations Claim Game May Be Ending Soon Because of Bungie's Struggles, Interest Loss Bungie's struggles, as well as Sony's, may lead to the end of Destiny 2 short of a year before its 10th anniversary since its release. Player One · May 13
I played Marathon and its 1994 predecessor to see how Bungie has evolved over the years Opinion | What's changed (and what hasn't) with the legendary FPS developer? GamesRadar · May 6
Bungie doesn't see Marathon going anywhere: "We know where we want to take the story over the next few years" But nothing's locked in because the devs want players to be able to shape the story GamesRadar · May 2
Marathon (1994) and Marathon (2026) are at opposite ends of FPS history, but playing them at the same time I'm finding they have a lot in common, despite their vast differences Maximum lore inhalation. PC Gamer · May 2
Sony's "lack of marketing push" on Marathon "speaks to the lack of faith from the platform holder," says former Square Enix exec "Sony owns a ton of digital real estate on the PlayStation dashboards to push Marathon" GamesRadar · Apr 29
I've given up taking a second weapon into Marathon matches, and you should too Opinion | Stop serving unused guns on a platter to your opponents GamesRadar · Apr 29
Bungie makes Marathon's Cryo Archive map less brutal, blocking spawn rush strats and giving out one free sponsored kit every weekend That's two pain points down for the Lose Everything Ship GamesRadar · Apr 28
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 · Apr 27
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 · Apr 26
TechRadar · Apr 25 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.
GamesRadar · Apr 24 "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
Windows Central · Apr 23 "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.
GamesRadar · Apr 22 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 · Apr 21 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"
Destructoid · Apr 21 Marathon’s latest update makes a major quality of life change to in-match looting A lovely little change.
PC Gamer · Apr 19 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 · Apr 17 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 · Apr 17 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 · Apr 16 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.