Summary
Marathon’s long-awaited big gameplay reveal has just gone live, showcasing the game properly for the first time and confirming that it’ll launch on September 23 of this year.
WhileDestiny 2hascontinued to see some great expansions in recent memory, it’s fair to say that the game’s current state has languished over the past year or so.Player counts have been slowly dropping since The Final Shape, and it seems thatBungieis looking to move away from its staple live-service somewhat,even in the wake of its acquisition by PlayStation in 2022.
For some time now, everyone’s been wondering when Bungie’s next big project was going to be released.We’ve known that project is Marathon, a PvP-focused extraction shooter that’s actually a reboot of a game from 1994, but we’ve still all been waiting to see it in action for the first time and get a handle on what it’s all about. That time has finally come.
Marathon Gameplay Reveal Reveals Its Release Date
It Won’t Be Long Until You Can Play Marathon Yourself
As has been teased relentlessly over the past few weeks, today marked the debut of Marathon’s big gameplay reveal,which was livestreamed over on the game’s YouTube channel. The gameplay reveal gave us our first in-depth look at how Marathon is going to play, including a more detailed look at its PvP extraction shooter style.
I’m almost a complete newcomer to Marathon and haven’t paid much attention, but my god it’s music and visuals are stunning.
The stream opened up with the game’s developers at Bungie welcoming everyone to share a “little bit” of gameplay for Marathon. An overview trailer was then shown which featured Runners, the player characters, going up against the UESC and trying to survive in a retro-futuristic landscape.
Just after that, it was confirmed that the game’s Closed Alpha test is going to take place later this month on April 23. That means there’s really not that long to go until players can give Marathon a try ahead of its full release in September.
