It's hard to believe that Bungie's Marathon has a release date, but it's true.
After a leak on the Xbox Store, Bungie confirmed that Marathon is coming on March 5th, 2026, and is currently available for pre-order.
Given the amount of controversy around the game, such as the decision to make Marathon a live-service extraction shooter, the delay last year, and the plagiarism controversy, many initially scoffed at Bungie's plea in asking for pre-orders. As it turns out, however, those scoffs may be in the minority.
At the time of writing, Marathon is currently the fifth best-selling game on Steam, behind Counter-Strike 2, ARC Raiders, the Steam Deck, and Marvel Rivals.
For those keeping score at home, the only thing that is outselling Marathon on the morning of January 20th, 2026, is two free-to-play games, one of the most popular shooters on the market today, and Valve's Steam Deck, which lets you play all of these games.
Bungie Reveals System Requirements For Marathon
The release date wasn't all the news we got for Marathon. Here are the minimum and recommended PC specs for the game, per Bungie.
Given how well optimized...
