Marathon Bungie New figures are circulating around the internet about Bungie’s Marathon, waiting to be dissected for analysis, something to chew on besides just Steam Charts. The information is from Alinea Analytics, a firm specializing in game markets that has estimates of the Marathon’s sales, DAUs and platform splits. While some may dismiss this as … Read more
Like other extraction shooters, Marathon pits players against one another on raids to secure resources, defeat NPC enemies, and loot high-value locations. The goal is to drop into a game, complete your missions, and then get out alive with your gear. If you die in a round, all of your gear is left on your … Read more
Anti-cheat has become a hot-button topic since the launch of Valve’s Steam Deck, with many developers now moving to add Linux support to their games to cater to users of Valve’s Linux-powered gaming handheld. That said, there are still a handful of large game studios that refuse to accommodate Linux gamers with their multiplayer game … Read more
Image: Bungie One of the most striking things about Bungie’s Marathon is its presentation. The sci-fi extraction shooter combines bleak settings with bright colors in a way that makes it feel a bit like a sneaker promo meets Ghost in the Shell, or as designer Jeremy Skoog put it, “Y2K Cyberpunk mixed with Acid Graphic Design … Read more
Bungie unveiled Marathon in a 2023 PlayStation Showcase with a futuristic announcement trailer, following speculation of a possible rebirth dating back to 2022. Fans were left wondering what was going on with the game when Bungie mostly stopped providing updates after that unveiling.However, the popular game development company has recently revealed the launch date, which … Read more
Gummy Bears Bungie During the last round of Bungie layoffs, Sony carved out a portion of the studio to continue work on Gummy Bears, now under Sony directly, and I suppose that makes this group technically not Bungie anymore. But without a name, and previously developed under Bungie, here we are, and now we have … Read more