‼️NEW: Marathon Closed Playtest 3 is happening early next month, invites going out now - thegamepost.com/bungie-marat...

🚨NEW: Bungie "expressly abandons" Marathon's Traxus trademark following opposition claim from RC car maker Traxxas - thegamepost.com/bungie-aband...

🚨NEW: Bungie "expressly abandons" Marathon's Traxus trademark following opposition claim from RC car maker Traxxas - thegamepost.com/bungie-aband...

‼️Marathon has been officially delayed. The new release date will be announced in Fall 2025.

🚨NEW: Sony says Bungie’s Marathon is already showing "strong early engagement,” set to release during FY25 (by March 2026) - thegamepost.com/sony-bungies...

PlayStation's new "Play The Unmissable" ad features Marathon, still targeting September 23 launch.

🚨NEW: Marathon is likely to be delayed as a new report claims Sony has now canceled all paid marketing plans for the game - thegamepost.com/report-marat...

🚨NEW: Bungie's Marathon needs to break into the top 5 NPD sales of the year to be considered a success, it's claimed - thegamepost.com/bungies-mara...

🚨NEW: Ex-Bungie dev says Marathon leadership was "extremely toxic and humiliating" to work with: "Bungie leadership needs to be gutted completely" - thegamepost.com/ex-bungie-de...

🚨NEW: Bungie leadership reportedly ignored Marathon devs’ warnings for years about "what would and wouldn’t work," along with their requests to add a PvE component - thegamepost.com/bungie-leade...

🚨NEW: Bungie has reportedly scrapped its original June marketing plans for Marathon, which included a new trailer and pre-orders. The Open Beta in August may shift to a "roadmap of public playtests" instead - thegamepost.com/bungie-scrap...

🚨NEW: A new report reveals Bungie's morale is in "free-fall" following negative Marathon alpha feedback and art theft controversy: "the vibes have never been worse" - thegamepost.com/new-report-b...

🚨 NEW: Marathon art director Joseph Cross has addressed the recent art plagiarism claims live on stream, issuing a direct personal apology to ANTIREAL: "There’s absolutely no excuse for this oversight" - thegamepost.com/marathon-art...

After everything that's happened recently, do you think Bungie needs to delay Marathon? And will you be buying/pre-ordering when it comes out?

🚨NEW: Bungie responds to Marathon plagiarism claims, blames former artist for unauthorized art use - thegamepost.com/bungie-respo...

🚨NEW: Bungie is facing new plagiarism accusations after an artist claims the Marathon Closed Alpha is “plastered” with art copied from their 2017 poster designs - thegamepost.com/marathon-alp...

Marathon’s official Discord has over 426k members. About 66k currently have the "Closed Alpha Playtest" role, which you only get if selected for the Alpha. This is just to give a rough idea of how many players may have been invited so far, though it’s not exact, as some may have left the server.

Marathon-themed Forge map in Halo Infinite. This looks beautiful! 🔥 By: ZaddyHammer

‼️NEW: Bungie is extending the Marathon Closed Alpha to May 6, unlocking all Faction upgrades, tougher AI, and more - thegamepost.com/bungie-exten...

‼️No solo-only mode in Marathon at launch, says Game Director Joe Ziegler. "There's just a lot of things we'd have to pretty massively adjust about the maps, the loot pool, and the balance of Runners in that kind of mode."

‼️Marathon game director Joe Ziegler says a social hub is being considered as a post-launch feature: "We want to do one… we're thinking about how to do that social hub for a post-launch feature."

Marathon Closed Alpha Test is NOW LIVE!

Marathon Closed Alpha Test is launching TODAY!

‼️NEW: First look at the "Perimeter" map in Marathon.

‼️NEW: Marathon Alpha servers are already live on Xbox. Players are in and playing the game right now. 💀

48 hours until the Marathon Closed Alpha Test.

‼️DrLupo says Marathon ran super smooth during Bungie’s playtest sessions, over 200 FPS at 1440p on max settings with RTX 4070s and 13th Gen Intel CPUs. DLSS was set to DLAA, no frame generation. Apparently, it ran even better than Destiny 2.🔥

3 days until the Marathon Closed Alpha Test.

New Marathon key art featuring Void. 🔥

‼️NEW: Marathon leadership was reportedly nervous after the gameplay reveal reactions and hoped lifting the NDA for the upcoming Closed Alpha would help shift the narrative. [via PaulTassi]

‼️NEW: Marathon Runner Reboot intro cutscene! [via Patient 67]

‼️NEW: Marathon Alpha invites are going out! www.bungie.net/7/en/Codes/G...

‼️Factions in Marathon: - CyberAcme - NuCaloric - Traxus - MIDA - Arachne - Sekiguchi Genetics

Here's the full Ozymandias poem, narrated by Ben Starr in the Marathon cinematic short. Chills!🔥

‼️Bungie says Marathon will "eventually" get more Runners, Weapons, Consumables, Implants, Cores, and Zones in future seasons. "We don't know what cadence that'll be on yet. We're still figuring those things out," senior design lead Lars Bakken said. [via Skarrow9]

‼️Here's the list of all the maps coming in Marathon: - Perimeter - Dire Marsh - Outpost - UESC Marathon

‼️Here are all the item rarities available in Marathon: - Standard - Enhanced - Deluxe - Superior - Prestige

‼️Here are the minimum PC specs required for the Marathon Closed Alpha Test.

Marathon will likely launch with a $40 price tag. That’s what Bungie was targeting for the game last year.

Marathon has been in development for over 4 years, with around 300 developers working on the project right now, according to game director Joe Ziegler.

Marathon will have 3 maps at launch, with the fourth one coming during Season 1.

‼️Bungie says there are no plans for dedicated PvE modes in Marathon at launch. "There's none. We're not doing that right now. Right now, we're just kind of spending all the time we have on the baseline experience," said Marathon Gameplay Director Andrew Witts.

‼️Marathon Closed Alpha Test will be approximately 6 GB in size. It will start on April 23 at 10AM PT and will run until May 4 at 10AM PT.

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‼️NEW: Marathon will NOT have proximity chat! "I think the challenge is how to make sure we're creating a safe environment for players inside of that space. I don't think anyone really has a good solution to that just yet," says game director Joe Ziegler.

‼️Bungie appears to be teasing a Marathon Beta coming soon after the Closed Alpha Test ends on May 4. 👀

‼️Details on how to sign up for the Marathon Closed Alpha Test from Bungie. The Closed Alpha Test will run from April 23 to May 4! Join the official Discord server here: discord.gg/marathontheg...

‼️BREAKING: MARATHON LAUNCHES SEPTEMBER 23, 2025!

‼️BREAKING: MARATHON GAMEPLAY TRAILER!

‼️Here are some of the teasers shared during the Marathon Twitch livestream today! Gameplay Reveal, Tomorrow, 10 AM PT!