Marathon (PC/PS5/XSX) - New PVP Shooter From Bungie & NetEase - September 23. 2025

**6souls** · 2018-06-02 11:17

NetEase Invested $100M into Bungie

At Bungie, our purpose is to build worlds that inspire friendship. For over twenty-five years, through Marathon, Myth, Oni, Halo, and Destiny, we’ve created fantastic places where players have gathered to become heroes. Now, our long-term goal is to become an entertainment company that sustains many worlds simultaneously – Destiny and new worlds to come.

Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve entered into a new partnership with NetEase to help us explore new directions. With their industry expertise, they’ll empower us to build new worlds and invite players, new and old, to join us there. They’ll help us support separate teams inside Bungie to bring our newest ambitions to life.

If you’re a player of Destiny, this news won’t impact the hobby you’ve come to know. Destiny is an experience that will grow for many years to come. We’ll continue to work with our partners at Activision to foster this global community and turn new players from all over the world into Guardians. Our commitment to that world is not diminished by this announcement. We have exciting plans for the future of the Destiny franchise, and you’ll learn more about the next steps we’ll take together in the weeks to come.

For now, we’re grateful for the opportunity to welcome NetEase to the family. We have a bold vision to explore with them, but that is all a conversation for another time.

https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/46925

**theshun** · 2018-06-02 14:41

Destiny Moblie.

**6souls** · 2018-10-01 13:54

Bungie has Filed a Trademark for a New Project Called "Matter"
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-called-matter

**6souls** · 2019-10-06 22:50

Will be released by 2025.

**theshun** · 2019-10-07 12:19

Originally Posted by 6souls

Will be released by 2025.

But they won't start working on it until 9 months before release.

**6souls** · 2021-04-15 11:22

**Leonaing** · 2021-04-17 04:41

Originally Posted by theshun

But they won't start working on it until 9 months before release.

Is there a specific release date yet?

**6souls** · 2021-05-26 15:12

https://twitter.com/DestinyNewsCom/s...91008329289747

**Takiwaki** · 2021-05-26 19:48

"Oh, thats where the renewed pvp focus went

"

--Serra 2021

**Serra** · 2021-05-26 21:05

Didn't I make that joke like a week ago?

I demand credit!

**6souls** · 2021-05-26 21:51

Originally Posted by Serra

Didn't I make that joke like a week ago?

I demand credit!

But did you call the Hero Shooter?

**Takiwaki** · 2021-05-26 23:59

Originally Posted by Serra

Didn't I make that joke like a week ago?

I demand credit!

Fixed

**6souls** · 2022-10-21 15:32

https://twitter.com/DestinyBulletn/s...29904169635841

**Krandor** · 2022-10-21 15:36

Marathon being brought back as f2p pvp game is a travesty.

**Kaisha** · 2022-10-21 15:47

I guess Sony's acquisition of Bungie didn't terminate this? I'd have figure Sony would want Bungie's attention all to themselves with what they overpaid for the studio.

**6souls** · 2023-05-24 16:27

From the creators of Halo and Destiny comes a new sci-fi PVP extraction shooter: Marathon.

Become a Runner in Bungie’s new sci-fi PvP extraction shooter. Compete for survival, riches, and renown in a world of evolving, persistent zones, where any run can lead to greatness.

A massive ghost ship hangs in low orbit over a lost colony. The 30,000 souls who called this world home have disappeared without a trace. Strange signals hint at rumors of mysterious artifacts, long-dormant AI, and troves of untold riches. You are a cybernetic mercenary – a Runner – and your destination is Tau Ceti IV. You are one of many, working solo or with a crew, venturing into the unknown and facing the unimaginable in a fight for survival, for riches, for fame... and for infamy. Who among you will write their names across the stars?

https://www.marathonthegame.com/

**6souls** · 2023-05-24 16:42

https://bungiestore.com/shop-by-game/marathon

Bungie is doing a very NFT approach to merch sales. They will only print as many as are ordered by June 1st and then they will be be part of a limited edition production size where yours will be a random number within that allotment. A lot of NFT makers will do something similar where they mint based on number of sales and your chance for rarity is based on RNG.

**Meresgi** · 2023-05-24 17:38

New? Wasn't there a Marathon FPS way way back in the day for Macs? I remember playing it on my cousins system along with a map editor.

**6souls** · 2023-05-24 17:40

Originally Posted by Meresgi

New? Wasn't there a Marathon FPS way way back in the day for Macs? I remember playing it on my cousins system along with a map editor.

Yes, it's an old IP, but it appears to be rebooted.

**Krandor** · 2023-05-24 17:43

This has nothing to do with the original series other than the name and having a sci-fi theme.

Edit : I lodged a formal complaint with some of the senior personnel at Bungie via a strongly worded text message and got a "lol" in reply.