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After Nearly 9 Years, Bungie Is Ending Active Development on Destiny 2 — Final Major Update Arrives This June
Gaming News May 21, 2026, 09:59 PM
Bungie has officially announced the end of active development for Destiny 2. The shooter’s final major content update will launch on June 9, 2026, after which the studio will stop producing new content and shift its focus to future projects — including Marathon and other unannounced titles. -
Marathon developer compared his game to The Lord of the Rings and mocked ARC Raiders, where players became too gentle
Gaming News April 28, 2026, 08:01 AM
The main problem in the extraction shooters community now is the attitude towards PvP. The authors of ARC Raiders strive to create a comfortable environment and discourage player aggression. At this time, the game director of Marathon Joe Ziegler compared his game to The Lord of the Rings and called PvE a beginner's game. -
Gaming News April 14, 2026, 12:53 PM
Bungie Studio released a cinematic video Recon Shell dedicated to Marathon. This is how the developers try to immerse gamers even more into the universe of the game and tell about what is happening on the abandoned colony of Tau Ceti IV. -
What’s keeping it afloat? Marathon’s budget and sales revealed — and the situation keeps getting worse
Gaming News April 10, 2026, 01:58 AM
According to Forbes, the budget of Marathon by Bungie exceeded $200 million — and may have reached as high as $250 million. Importantly, this figure covers development only, excluding the ongoing costs of maintaining and updating a live-service game. -
Gaming News April 4, 2026, 04:28 PM
Ben Starr believes Marathon has every chance of becoming Game of the Year. According to him, however, Bungie’s shooter’s main trump card is not its gameplay at all, but the involvement of Jennifer English. -
“Flashy, but unhealthy”: Bungie remove popular trick from Marathon — and promise to keep fixing similar exploits
Gaming News April 1, 2026, 01:46 AM
Patch 1.0.5.2 for Marathon removed one of the game’s most spectacular movement tricks. The Thief character could cancel their slide animation by pulling out a grappling device, while preserving all accumulated momentum — effectively allowing players to accelerate endlessly across the map, leaving opponents behind. -
Gaming News March 30, 2026, 02:44 AM
The shooter Marathon didn’t launch as strongly as Bungie and Sony had hoped, but the studio has already made it clear — the project isn’t going anywhere. Amid rumors about a possible shutdown, the developers stated that they are “in it for the long haul” and plan to support the game for years. -
Was Marathon promoted through paid comments? A new conspiracy theory about Bungie's game has emerged online
Gaming News March 27, 2026, 08:29 AM
Marathon gained popularity at launch due to paid reviews on Reddit. A conspiracy theory based on this claim is currently gaining popularity on social media. However, according to Dexerto, it is important to approach such claims with caution. -
Gaming News March 25, 2026, 01:16 AM
Analyst Rhyss Elliott from Alinea Analytics estimated Marathon’s sales at 1.2 million copies across PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC — and admitted the game “did not create the splash Sony and Bungie were hoping for.” A Bungie employee unofficially confirmed to Forbes that the figures are roughly accurate. -
Video Game Reviews March 20, 2026, 11:00 PM
Marathon, the new project from the creators of Halo and Destiny, has faced harassment, criticism, and outright aggression from almost every other bystander since its first reveal and all the way up to release. However, all this informational mudslinging turned out to be nothing more than baseless bullying. Marathon turned out to be so cool, stylish, and engaging that it became the first true extraction shooter: no 20-minute match load times, no half-hour bush camping, no “don’t shoot” pacts in PvP, and no sterile AI-generated visuals. -
Gaming News March 17, 2026, 02:01 PM
Testing for the Duos mode in Marathon will begin on March 18 at 8:00 PM Moscow time. Until now, Bungie’s extraction shooter only offered matches for solo players and three-person squads. -
Total Flop? 'Marathon' Becomes Bungie’s Lowest-Rated Game on Metacritic — Excluding Destiny Expansions
Gaming News March 15, 2026, 01:59 PM
Ten days after release, Marathon has reached a score of 72 on Metacritic based on 12 reviews — marking the lowest rating for a full Bungie release. The previous low point was held by the original Destiny with 75. For comparison, Halo: Combat Evolved once scored 97. -
Gaming News March 12, 2026, 03:05 AM
Bungie has canceled two technical presentations at GDC 2026, originally scheduled for March 13. Both were dedicated to Marathon. -
Gaming News March 11, 2026, 07:47 PM
Players have learned how to turn drones into kamikaze UAVs. It’s still unclear whether this is a bug or a feature. -
Gaming News March 11, 2026, 06:30 PM
Marathon has received its first major update — version 1.0.0.4 (Build 22272826). This patch focuses on balance improvements, bug fixes, and prepping the game for upcoming endgame events. -
Gaming News March 11, 2026, 03:39 PM
The main platform for Marathon players is Steam, not PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Gameranx writes about this with reference to data from journalist Paul Tassi. -
Gaming News March 11, 2026, 03:21 PM
Bungie Studio has decided to increase the number of skins as part of the reward for the first battle pass in Marathon. This happened after the players' dissatisfaction with the initial conditions, according to PC Gamer. -
«Unemployed, maidenless behavior»: Overwatch developer is outraged that Marathon is being criticized due to the fall of online
Gaming News March 11, 2026, 08:13 AM
Everyone who measures the success of a game based on online statistics is an unemployed maidenless behavior. This was stated by the senior designer of Overwatch Dylan Snyder. -
Gaming News March 9, 2026, 03:17 PM
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