Bungie reveals Marathon gameplay, Closed Alpha plans and September launch date

With the main Destiny saga wrapping up last year, Bungie has spent much of 2024 and 2025 focused on its next game – Marathon. A reboot of a classic 90s Sci-Fi shooter, Marathon (2025) is a PvP multiplayer focused title, releasing in September. 

Marathon was officially revealed to the world yesterday with a deep dive gameplay trailer. In my opinion, the game looks too much ‘like Destiny' and I believe some casual fans will end up confusing the games for being set in the same universe. Whether or not this is by design remains to be seen but so far, Bungie has offered no suggestion that Destiny and Marathon are somehow narratively linked.

Marathon will put players in the shoes of a ‘runner', a person that has given up their human form to obtain supernatural abilities. Players will be popped onto maps either as solo runners, or in squads and then the goal from there is to loot as much as you can and escape the map alive, without being shot down and looted by an enemy squad.

The game releases for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles on the 23rd of September. Alpha testing begins soon, so if you want to try the game out early, you can sign-up to participate in the invite-only playtests. While Bungie has not yet announced a price tag for the game, they have confirmed it will be a “premium title” but not a “full priced title”. With that in mind, it is likely to be priced similarly to last year's Concord, which sold for $40.

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KitGuru Says: As much as I want Bungie to succeed and return to its glory days, from what I've seen so far, I don't think Marathon is going to be the game to make that happen. 

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