Bungie’s New Game Called Marathon Is PvP-Focused, No Single Player Campaign
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During the big PlayStation Showcase, Bungie revealed their newest title called Marathon an extraction shooter set in the same universe as the Marathon trilogy that Bungie worked on for the Mac back in the 90s.
Details are scarce at the moment but based on the interview with PlayStation, Bungie is ways to go before it is officially released. What we get from the announcement trailer is the look and feel of what they are creating, with no actual gameplay.
Marathon is set in the planet Tau Ceti IV and is purely a PvP shooter with no single player campaign planned but expect story beats to be told throughout the game from different means.
“With Marathon, one of the areas that is a big focus for us is our player-based storytelling. The original Marathon games revealed story moments through terminals, all in text. But now we have so many more ways to immerse players in this world, both in and out of game. We’ll be carrying that through in the design of this game.” says editorial lead Brian Ekberg to PlayStation. he also mentioned that story will be told in the course of seasons, probably similar to how they are currently handling Destiny 2’s storytelling as they move the overall story of the game each season.
Marathon is currently set to be played either solo or in teams with Cross-Save and Cross-Play available at launch. There will also be enemy AI to worry about aside from actual players.
The official Youtube channel for the game does contain a developer video detailing the concept of what Marathon is all about but again, no gameplay. In the developer video, they ended by saying that they are going to be “silent” after this as they will focus on developing the game, and we will likely hear more about this title when they are close to actually releasing it.
Bungie has been a busy studio since they were acquired by PlayStation. They even have Destiny 2 to manage, which they just released our first look at the game’s next expansion, revealing a familiar face returning to the shooter.
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