Do you remember the marathon? This is another game for the creator of Destiny Bungie and it looks like we will finally see more.
The marathon is a PVP -oriented shooting set on the mysterious planet Tau Ceti IV. Players live in the bodies of runners, cybernetic mercenaries, who were designed to survive the challenging environments of the planet, examining the lost colony, which once lived in the surface of Tau Ceti.
It’s been a while since we saw or heard about the marathon. In October, Bungie has released a long programming update video This shed lightweight on the marathon mechanics, but he emphasized how early the game was. Player character models were “approaching” at that moment, while the enemy models were still in “early state”.
Now, half a year later, it seems that Bungie is finally ready to reveal what she was working on. The tweet from the official marathon account, below, usually revealed a mysterious picture and infrared signal noise. As the fans noted, there is the art of ASCII material from the debut trailer of the marathon. Considering that we are talking about bungie, a developer known for mysterious trailers, hidden tips and Easter eggs, there is probably much more to discover here, and Fans are already working to find out what it all means.
Either way, it seems that it finally happens in the marathon after what was restless development.
– Marathon (@marathonthegame) April 4, 2025
The marathon was disclosed in May 2023 as restarting Classic Bungie seriesBut with all his topics “secrets, incredibleness and psychological terror.” But Bungie himself has suffered a few controversy in recent years fighting 220 staff memberswhich means 17% workforce, in July 2024: Movement, even criticized peers of the industry.
It came Less than a year after 100 other layoffs in bungieat what moment The staff said Ign that the atmosphere is “crushing soul” in the studio.
Further controversy appeared when the report published several weeks after 220 work losses The former marathon director Chris Barrett was released after the internal investigation in bungie. Then Barrett sued Sony Interactive Enteraction and Bungie for over $ 200 million.
It all comes when Sony goes to concentration on live games. President Sony Hiroki Totoki said in November 2023 The company was involved in launching only six of 12 live service games he worked on until March 2026, in the change of strategy I saw the last multiplayer game to cancel.
While Helldivers 2 Arrowhead was a groundbreaking hit, becoming the fastest selling PlayStation Studios game of all time with 12 million copies sold in just 12 weeks, other Sony games live were either canceled or suffered catastrophic premieres.
Indeed, Sony Concord is one of the biggest video games in PlayStation, lasting only a few weeks before how it was brought in offline among the huge numbers of players. Later, Sony decided to completely kill the game and close her programmer.
And at the beginning of this year, Sony reportedly canceled two unannounced live serviceOne title of the god of war in BluePoint, the other in the work on days has already passed the developer Bend.
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