After a delay that completely took Marathon out from its planned launch this year on September 23 into indefinite status, the upcoming live-service extraction shooter finally has a launch window.
In a surprise Bungie ViDoc released on Monday, the company outlined its vision for its first non-Destiny title since 2014, including a release window of March 2026 at an RRP (Recommended Retail Price) of $39.99/€39.99/£34.99.
"Purchasing Marathon will give you full access to the game, including a roadmap of free gameplay updates as the year progresses," a statement on the game's website reads. "This will include new maps, new Runner shells, events, and more, starting with the exploration of UESC Marathon's Cryo Archive in Season 1."
Marathon changed the FPS genre once, but it probably can’t do it again.
The rest of the ViDoc outlines some of the stuff that's been added to Marathon in the time since it first began since its maligned Alpha test, including the ability to use Proximity Chat, a key hallmark of other games in its genre.
Back in April, Bungie asserted that its return to Marathon wouldn't have Proximity Chat until the developers had a "solution" to rampant toxicity, the...
