Sony confirms Marathon still planned for early 2026

While Bungie had planned on releasing Marathon this year, a stolen art fiasco put those release plans on ice for months. At this point, we still don't have a new release date for the game, but public testing did resume in October and now, Sony has reaffirmed plans to launch it before the end of March next year. 

As part of a recent earnings report call, Sony CFO, Lin Tao, reaffirmed the timeline for Marathon, stating that it is “fully dedicated to launching [Marathon] to schedule”.

Previously, Sony had announced plans to release Marathon within the current fiscal year, despite the delay over this Summer. At this point in time, Sony and Bungie are “analysing the performance” of recent playtests against various key performance indicators (KPIs) and will “make corrections” as needed to give the game the best chance of success at launch.

While Marathon is still on track to release in the coming months, it isn't all good news for Bungie. During this same earnings report, Sony also confirmed that the sales and overall player numbers for Destiny 2 have been cause for concern since the acquisition.

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KitGuru Says: Marathon would have been in a pretty good position if it had released in September as planned, but now, it will be contending with the Steam release of Escape from Tarkov, as well as the recent breakout hit, Arc Raiders. 

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