Opinion | What's changed (and what hasn't) with the legendary FPS developer?

Marathon’s struggles do not stem from difficulty, but from a misalignment between its design and modern shooter expectations.

Is the genre enjoying a golden era, or becoming riskier than ever to make a game in?

I, like many other Destiny players, looked at Marathon during its reveal and didn't know what to make of it. The vibes? Immaculate. The sound design? Distinctly sci-fi, as expected from the Halo and ...

Marathon, developed by Bellevue, Wash.-based Bungie (Halo 2, Destiny), is a multiplayer online shooter and a follow-up to Bungie’s classic Marathon trilogy on the Mac. Originally announced in 2023, ...

I imagine playing Marathon is a lot like running a marathon. At first glance and from a distance, it looks intimidating. Once you’re up close, you realize it looks that way for a reason: Because it is ...

Bungie has finally dropped its newest game, and despite mountains of doubt leading up to its release, it managed to make a solid game. Extraction shooters are already a niche genre, and “Marathon’s” ...

About three weeks ago, I shared my first impressions of Marathon. After about 15 hours with Bungie's ambitious extraction shooter, I was very pleasantly surprised with the game. Marathon's gunplay and ...

Thankfully, Marathon has solid gameplay loops to back it up. It’s an extraction shooter, similar to ARC Raiders, where ...

Marathon and The Lord of the Rings are diametrically opposed narratively, aesthetically, and functionally, yet they have been ...