Marathon (PS5) News Articles
Wednesday3rd Dec 2025
News Marathon's Stolen Art Debacle Has Finally Been Resolved
Artist satisfied with the outcome
Bungie found itself in hot water earlier this year when plagiarised art was discovered in its upcoming game, Marathon, but the issue has been resolved at last. The news comes via the artist to whom the artwork belongs, Antireal, who shared an update on social media: In no uncertain terms, it seems the artist has...
Monday24th Nov 2025
News The Much Maligned PS5 Shooter Marathon Returns for Another Playtest in December
Not a sprint
Bungie's sci-fi extraction shooter Marathon will soon be playable again for a limited time, and you can sign up to take part. The game has had a rough time of it, what with an art-related mishap and a general lack of interest, but the
Tuesday7th Oct 2025
News Bungie's Maligned FPS Marathon Makes Its Return in Closed Technical Test This Month
We go again
Sony’s got a lot riding on Marathon. It needs the game to be a success. It’s such a shame, then, that the title’s been a bit of a disaster so far. Aside from the drama involving stolen assets, the extraction shooter just hasn’t captured all that much mainstream attention. Look, we
Tuesday23rd Sep 2025
News Bungie's Much Criticised Shooter Marathon Will Skip PS5's New State of Play
Gotta take a little time
Marathon, the upcoming multiplayer shooter from Bungie, will reportedly not be showing up at this week's State of Play broadcast. The studio's been reluctant to discuss its game for months now, following on from the disastrous revelation that the project had plagiarised a plethora of art assets. Bungie was forced to carry...
Tuesday17th Jun 2025
News Bungie Delays Marathon Indefinitely, No New PS5, PC Release Date Given
Game needs more time to reflect player passion
Bungie has today confirmed it's issuing an indefinite delay to its upcoming PS5, PC extraction shooter Marathon. A new release date hasn't been revealed, but more news will be shared towards the end of 2025. In a post to the official Bungie website, the developer said: "Through every comment and...
Monday16th Jun 2025
News There's a Brutal Lack of Interest in Marathon from Hardcore PS5 Fans
Run for it
Sony's ill-advised live service push has resulted in pretty extreme skepticism from the PlayStation faithful — and it's really starting to look like Marathon will struggle to find any kind of footing with hardcore PS5 fans. Bungie's shooter was included in a big poll that we hosted on the site last week. We asked readers of Push Square...
Tuesday20th May 2025
Rumour Bungie Targeting a Top Five 2025 Title with Marathon
Good luck
According to well-connected Bungie beat reporter Paul Tassi, the Sony studio has placed massive expectations on Marathon. Speaking as part of a video in which he outlines all the problems facing the upcoming extraction shooter, he said that he heard the game “needed to be in the top five of NPD sales for the year if it’s going to be a...
Sunday18th May 2025
Studio said to be in free fall
It’s not been a good week for Marathon maker Bungie – but then it feels like we type out that sentence every couple of months anyway. Forbes claims morale at the Washington-based outfit is in “free fall” after it was accused of plagiarising art assets earlier this week. To the studio’s credit, it respond
Friday16th May 2025
News Bungie Conducting 'Thorough Review' After Plagiarised Art Is Found in Marathon
Not a good look
It’s not been a good 24 hours for Sony, with live service game Fairgames seemingly falling apart at the seams and Stellar Blade PC being blocked for sale in a whopping 129 countries. But now subsidiary Bungie has been forced to
Monday14th Apr 2025
News Marathon Maker Thinks Players Are Too Toxic for Proximity Chat in New PS5 Game
"I don't think anyone has a good solution"
Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter Marathon won’t have proximity chat when it launches on 23rd September, because the developer thinks players are too toxic to handle it. Proximity chat works by allowing you to overhear opponents when they’re nearby. This makes it a strategic feature, as gobby...
Saturday12th Apr 2025
News Marathon a 'Premium', Paid for Game on PS5, But It's Not $70
Bungie offers clarification on price
Bungie has confirmed its newly unveiled extraction shooter Marathon will be a "premium" game you have to pay for, but it won't be $70. In a post on Twitter, the developer responded to a post detailing a GameSpot preview where the upcoming online game was described as a "premium product" that you shall have to...
News Bungie's New PS5 Shooter Marathon Grabs September Release Date
Alpha test begins this month
As per the game's showcase, Marathon has nailed down a release date on PS5. Bungie's latest shooter arrives on the 23rd September, kickstarting what will no doubt be a busy last few months of the year. The developer has also spilled the beans on how Marathon actually plays. As was previously confirmed, this is a...
Thursday10th Apr 2025
News Sony Won't Force PSN on Xbox, PC Players of Marathon
Should save some headaches
Marathon is the first major release from Bungie since Sony acquired the studio, and it’ll be a big moment for both parties. While Helldivers 2 has been a huge success for the Japanese giant, it’s still searching for the live service goldmine, and it’s not going to get a better shot than with the latest and greatest...
Tuesday8th Apr 2025
News Don't Expect a Marathon Shadow Drop This Weekend Following the Big PS5 Reveal
Marathon, not a sprint
Given how much weight Bungie and PlayStation are throwing behind this weekend's Marathon reveal, it's no surprise that some onlookers are wondering whether the game's actually gearing up for an imminent release. But that's not quite the case, according to in-the-know Tom Henderson. The Insider Gaming scribe took to social...
Monday7th Apr 2025
News PlayStation Hypes Up Big Marathon PS5 Reveal This Weekend
Takes place on Saturday, 12th April
By way of an ARG ran over the weekend, Bungie has announced it is lifting the lid on its next multiplayer title, Marathon, later this week on Saturday, 12th April 2025. The community has come together to uncover a "save the date" trailer that features a brief but colourful look at the world of Marathon. Catch it...
Friday4th Apr 2025
News Bungie's Marathon PS5 Game Taking Over PlayStation Social Media Pages
New updates likely coming soon
PlayStation has updated all its social media channels and pages with images relating to its upcoming live-service game Marathon, with developer Bungie posting the first tease. On Twitter, the team has begun posting black and neon green imagery that fans have found leads to an ARG. The latest update takes the form of a...
Tuesday29th Oct 2024
News Bungie Provides Lengthy Development Update on PS5 Extraction Shooter, Marathon
It's a Marathon, not a sprint
Bungie's game director on Marathon, Joe Ziegler, has fronted a camera, offering a nearly 10-minute development update on the eagerly anticipated PS5 extraction shooter. In addition, some new images are shown but no gameplay, with the promise of "a lot more" to come, including playtests, in 2025. Gematsu has the full...
Thursday19th Sep 2024
News Fresh Marathon Details Cover Heroes, Pricing, and Bungie's Silence
The final sprint is going to be brutal
We know remarkably little about Marathon, considering its release window begins in a few months, having been revealed almost a year and a half ago. We aren't sure how many more mulligans Bungie is allowed, either, and with the spectre of Concord and
Wednesday28th Aug 2024
News Bungie's Making Headlines for All the Wrong Reasons Yet Again
When it rains, it pours
When will it end for poor embattled developer Bungie? The iconic outfit – which Sony scooped up for billions to lead its floundering live service charge – went through an enormous round of layoffs earlier this year, with the PlayStation maker seemingly enforcing some management authority over the subsidiary. And
Wednesday20th Mar 2024
News Bungie Shuffles Marathon Leadership as Fears of Further Layoffs Loom
Joe Ziegler replaces Christopher Barrett as game director
Embattled developer Bungie is betting big on its in-development next live service offering, Marathon, the successor to Destiny 2, and a north star for the seemingly rudderless studio to sail towards. Despite suffering through a round of layoffs as recently as October, it's feared there may be...
Monday30th Oct 2023
News PS5 Live-Service Game Marathon Has Reportedly Been Delayed to 2025
Destiny 2 DLC pushed back too
As part of Bloomberg's report on layoffs at Sony-owned developer Bungie, it is also claimed the studio has pushed back its PS5, PC live-service title Marathon to 2025. In addition, Destiny 2 DLC The Final Shape will now release in June 2024 instead of February. Neither Sony nor Bungie have confirmed the delays, but...
Tuesday18th Jul 2023
News Bungie's PS5 Marathon Reboot Recruits Top Halo Infinite Talent
Full circle
Bungie's intent with its in-development Marathon, so the rumours say, is to create the "ultimate live service game". Judging by how much weight the Destiny studio's word seems to carry within Sony's current corporate climate, we'd believe they'll be given carte blanche to do so.
Tuesday20th Jun 2023
Rumour Bungie Wants Marathon on PS5 to Be the Ultimate Live Service Game
Gunning for the crown
Bungie is bringing Marathon back as a PvP extraction-style shooter, and it looks about as sci-fi and kinetic as you'd expect from the team that brought you Destiny 2. As the benchmark for quality in the high-stakes world of service games, it stands to reason that the studio would want to take things to the next le
Tuesday30th May 2023
News Marathon Channelling Mirror's Edge, WipEout, Formula One with Striking Art Style
Art director shares inspirations
While some fans were disappointed by Sony's reliance on CG trailers in the recent PlayStation Showcase, Bungie's reveal of its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon, at least had a unique look. While many live service shooters sort of blur together, this one in particular has a very eye-catching aesthetic in its...
Saturday27th May 2023
News Bungie’s Marathon Trailer QR Code Leads to ARG with More Hidden Information
Here for the long run
Users have taken to Twitter after finding a QR code hidden within the Marathon trailer released at PlayStation’s Showcase on Wednesday. This code led users to a website with a bunch of code and a login page. After some code cracking, users were able to login and recover some videos of
Wednesday24th May 2023
News Bungie Is Bringing Back Marathon on PS5, PC, Xbox Series X|S
Launch still far away
Bungie released Marathon in 1994, and now the name is coming back on PS5 as a "sci-fi PvP extraction shooter". Check out the trailer to get a taste of what to expect. Also coming to PC, it'll feature full cross-play and cross-save. Release is said to still be far away, but the next time we see it, gameplay will be attached...
