The first details of Marathon, the new game from Bungie, are known: price, release…

Bungie is not in its best situation. In addition to several large-scale scandals, it seems they have been losing a lot of money for some time now. That doesn’t take away from the fact that Destiny 2 is in one of its sweetest moments. And on the horizon, it seems they have a secured future with the return of the legendary Marathon, this time in the form of an extraction shooter. We now know the first relevant details about it.

Several different sources have been talking to The Game Post about this game, clarifying some aspects about the first product of the relationship between Sony and Bungie. Perhaps the most unexpected thing is that, like the two service games that Sony has already published, Marathon will not be free-to-play. It will be a paid game that will cost 40 euros.

Getting into what interests us the most, one of The Game Post’s sources has been able to provide some information about the state of the game and what we can expect from it. According to this person, Marathon will follow the class structure of games like Escape from Tarkov, but with a Bungie-style twist. Additionally, they already have two maps completed in a fully playable state. One of them is aboard the Marathon ship and the other in an abandoned colony on an alien planet.

All this fits with what we already know about the game. Having seen nothing more than a trailer, the information we have so far is that it will be released for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and that it will be an extraction shooter. Additionally, its release plan was for 2024 until a delay made its release date completely indefinite at the time of writing. This would lend credibility to the fact that they have at least two maps already in a fully playable state.

After the failure of Concord and the cancellation of more than half of its free-to-play game projects, the general feeling is that Marathon is Sony’s big bet for this type of game. Despite the resounding success of Helldivers 2, it does not seem that this shift towards online component games has notably worked for the Japanese company. That is why we will be attentive to what happens with Marathon and Bungie. Because it will probably mean a lot for the future of Sony.

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Marathon is an exciting action game developed by Bungie for Play Station 5. The game is set in a lost colony on Tau Ceti IV, where a massive ghost ship hangs in low orbit. The game revolves around strange signals hinting at mysterious artifacts, dormant artificial intelligence, and countless treasures. You play as a runner, venturing into the unknown in a fight for fame and infamy.