Marathon will aim to compete with other extraction shooters by offering an unapologetically different experience than anything else currently available. That's according to Marathon director Joe Ziegler, who also shared some insights into why the extraction shooter genre is so challenging to break into.
While it was officially announced back in May 2023, Marathon was only treated to a gameplay reveal two years later. Bungie showcased its extraction shooter during an April 12 livestream, which also confirmed the game's release date: September 23.
Bungie at last reveals four classes from its upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, while promising even more are on the way.
The start of the game's full-fledged marketing campaign was marked by multiple interviews with Marathon director Joe Ziegler, published by various outlets after the April 12 livestream. One of them comes from YouTuber Jake Lucky, who sat down with Ziegler to discuss the wider context of the game's upcoming launch. Among other things, the director revealed that Marathon won't be trying to rival other extraction shooters directly.
"I don't think of making games as like directly competing and trying to eat a bunch of other people's, like, lunch," Ziegler said, while noting that some might find...
