Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely

Marathon isn’t coming in September after all. Bungie said on Tuesday that it’s delaying the shooter indefinitely. “We’re using this time to empower the team to create the intense, high-stakes experience that a title like Marathon is built around,” the company wrote. Bungie wants to incorporate player feedback from the game’s closed alpha playtest. (It…

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Marathon is fighting the ultimate uphill battle

Ever since its initial reveal, Marathon has had an air of skepticism surrounding it by the gaming community at large. At first, I mostly attributed this to Bungie’s uneven approach to handling its premier live service franchise, Destiny. Between decisions like removing past expansions, vaulting weapons, and more underwhelming updates than positive ones, I could…

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