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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

I dug into the numbers and Xbox users are putting more time into this Sony game than PS5 players. Here’s why it surprised me.

New data from Circana shows a PlayStation developed title leading average playtime per user on Xbox in the U.S, outperforming PlayStation and Steam despite not even being in the top 10 most played on Xbox.

Windows Central

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?

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I learned how to play Marathon, but ONI the Irish AI taught me how to feel about it

Marathon has a brutal onboarding experience. But thankfully, your onboard AI knows just the right things to say.

TechRadar

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.

TechRadar

"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

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Study finds toxic benzene emissions along the Texas Gulf Coast are among the highest in the nation

Researchers found that state policy and oil refineries’ failure to fix leaks contributed more to high benzene emissions than the size or capacity of the refineries.

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Despite the negativity, Marathon was one of last month's best-selling games, though there's a catch

It's a good start, but there's a lot of year left.

PC Gamer

Texas’ Gulf Coast Has a Health Problem: Benzene Emissions Are Among the Highest in the Nation

At the worst-performing refineries, report finds operators are not tackling recurring and harmful leaks, leading to public health risk.

Capital & Main

Last Flag, the debut game from the studio founded by Imagine Dragons' lead singer, becomes the latest multiplayer shooter struggling to find an audience

The capture-the-flag themed shooter attracted fewer than 600 concurrent players on launch, according to SteamDB.

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

Why Oil Refiners Are the Real Winners of $100 Oil Prices

$100 oil is boosting refiners, not drillers. Discover why Valero, Marathon Petroleum, and Phillips 66 are benefiting from record crack spreads

MarketBeat

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'."

GamesRadar

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.

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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.

GamesRadar

As Marathon faces the kind of cheat users Destiny 2 fans know all too well, Bungie promises "we have a zero-tolerance policy" and that anti-cheat improvements are on the way

Bungie says it's "expanding our telemetry and detection methods"

PC Gamer

As frustration with Marathon cheaters intensifies, Bungie says improvements to its 'zero-tolerance policy around cheating' are underway: 'This is an area that we will continue to invest in'

It's also investigating how to better manage player toxicity and stream sniping.

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"Marathon is gonna be Game of the Year," actor Ben Starr says, because it has Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 award magnet Jennifer English

He makes a compelling point

GamesRadar

Marathon just buffed the best loot you can find outside Cryo Archive and nerfed the Thief movement exploit that sweaty players were abusing into the ground

Outpost's Pinwheel is harder to crack, but sweeter to loot

PC Gamer

Bungie nerfs Marathon's slide cancel movement tech, says no movement freaks allowed: 'Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play'

Please just kill me like a normal person.

GamesRadar

Marathon boss cryptically suggests the game is too hard, outright confirms "we have some iterations / big balance changes brewing right now"

"It's fun to lose," is it?

Destructoid

Marathon’s latest patch just nerfed Thief’s ‘slide cancel’ movement tech, because if you give Destiny players an inch, they will always take a mile

No more of that.

Sports Illustrated

2026 World Cup Kits: Confirmed and Leaked Home Jerseys

Every nation not only wants to win, they want to look good in the process.

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2026 World Cup Kits: Confirmed and Leaked Away Jerseys

Suppliers have made the most of their creative freedom in designing this summer’s World Cup away jerseys.

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