Do you remember the marathon? It’s the next game of Destiny developer Bungie, and it appears we’re finally trying to see more of it.
The Marathon is a PVP-centered extraction shooter set on the mystical planet of Tauseti IV. Players explore the lost colonies that once inhabit the surface of Tau Seti, living in the cybernetic mercenary bodies designed to survive the harsh environments of the planet.
It’s been a while since I watched and listened to the marathon. In October, Bungie released a long development update video It shed light on the marathon mechanics, but emphasized how early the game was. At that point, the player’s character models were still “together” and the enemy models were still in their “early state.”
But now, six months later, Bungee appears to be ready to reveal what it is doing in the end. Tweets from the official marathon account below revealed the typical inexplicable images and the accompanying garbled signal noise. As fans noticed, there is footage of ASCII art from their debut marathon trailer. Given that this is the bungee we are talking about, the developer known for its mystical teaser, hidden clues and Easter eggs probably has more to be discovered here, and fans are already working to find out what it means.
Either way, it appears to be happening in a marathon after a problematic development.
– Marathon (@marathonthegame) April 4, 2025
The marathon was released in May 2023 As a restart of Classic Bungee Franchisebut there are all the themes of “mystery, creepy, psychological eerie”. However, the bungee itself has suffered from some controversy in recent years. 220 staff layoffswhich means 17% of the workforce in July 2024. Even industry peers criticized.
This has arrived Less than a year after 100 other layoffs in Bungeeat that point Staff told Passthecontroller the atmosphere was “smashing the soul” in the studio..
Further controversy arises from a report released weeks after 220 unemployment claims Former marathon manager Chris Barrett was fired after an investigation into internal fraud With bungee. Barrett then sued Sony Interactive Entertainment and Bungee for over $200 million.
This is all because Sony is rethinking its focus on live service games. President Sony Totoki said in November 2023 The company was committed to launching only six of the 12 live service games it was working on. By March 2026, we will be changing our strategy. I saw our last multiplayer game cancelled.
Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2 was a breakout hit, becoming the fastest PlayStation Studio game ever, with 12 million copies sold in just 12 weeks, but other Sony live service games either got cancelled or suffered a disastrous launch.
In fact, Sony’s Concord is one of the biggest video game disasters in PlayStation history, continuing just weeks before he gets offline amid the numbers of players who look away. Sony later decided to kill the game completely and shut down the developers.
And at the beginning of this year, Sony reportedly cancelled two live service games without noticeone is the title of God of Development in Bluepoint, and the other is the work of Days Gone Developer Bend.
Wesley is the UK news editor at Passthecontroller. Find him on @wyp100’s Twitter. You can contact Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
