After nearly four months of development and improvements following the delay of its initial September 2025 release, Bungie's new extraction shooter, Marathon, is nearing completion with a brand-new Developer Insight video.
A reboot of Bungie's classic FPS Marathon trilogy released from 1994 to 1996, 2026's Marathon had a bit of a rough run-up to its upcoming March launch.
Many alpha playtesters were disappointed by Marathon's gameplay and world last spring, while controversy clouded the game after it was discovered that a Bungie artist used designs by Fern "Antireal" Hook in the game without their permission.
Now, only a month and a half before Marathon's expected launch and a month after the reveal of the Vision of Marathon ViDoc, Bungie is ramping up fans' expectations with a new insight video delving into Runner Shells.
Marathon's Runner Shells Explained
Players in Marathon won't be able to fully customize their own original character in the game but instead inhabit Runners from a limited selection of bio-printed bodies known as Runner Shells.
These Shells essentially function as different classes or characters players can choose from, similar to the Legends of Apex Legends, with each shell being designed for specific player...
