[UPDATE - January 20, 2026] Bungie has officially confirmed March 5 as the launch date for Marathon. They also shared all the details regarding pre-orders. Check it all out here, including the official trailer (the leaked one has since been taken down on Streamable as expected).
[ORIGINAL STORY] Bungie has so far confirmed that Marathon would launch in March, but not exactly when. An Xbox Store leak may have revealed it to be March 5, so at the very beginning of the month.
Later, an Xbox user even captured the pre-order trailer and posted it on Streamable. You can find it embedded below - hurry up, though, as parent company Sony is likely to issue a DMCA takedown soon. Anyway, there's a Deluxe Edition that includes the so-called Midnight Decay bundle (two weapon skins) and more. No doubt, Bungie will share additional details when pre-orders open. It could be in just a few hours, as companies tend to follow up quickly on leaks to definitively confirm or refute the information.
Marathon returns almost exactly thirty years after the previous franchise entry, Marathon Infinity. This new game is very different from the old ones, though. It's modeled after the growing trend of PvPvE survival-extraction games, played in first-person only.
In each session, you'll infiltrate the derelict colony of Tau Ceti IV, a world whose inhabitants mysteriously vanished and is now contested by rival Runner crews and corporate security forces. Runners are bio‑cybernetic mercenaries who use a synthetic body built to survive extreme environments, hunting for weapons, upgrades, and valuable resources across repeated runs.
As with other extraction games, treats come from both NPCs (PvE) and other human players (PvP), making each session unpredictable. Additionally, Bungie has included dynamic events and environmental hazards that should keep players constantly on their toes.
Successful exfiltration advances your character's seasonal power, earns cosmetics for your achievements, and lets you assemble stronger builds with the stolen loot. In Marathon, players customize their Runner's playstyle using weapons, implants, and equipment they collect.
The most recent official Deep Dive from last week showed off the game's Runner Shells, or classes if you prefer:
- Destroyer
- Assassin
- Recon
- Vandal
- Thief
- Triage
There is a seventh Shell, the Rook, which can only be used in solo queues and has the advantage of coming with a free standard loadout, allowing newcomers to play without much fear of losing their own items.
The base game will be available at $39.99 / €39.99 / £34.99. The Deluxe Edition will certainly be more expensive, although we'll have to wait for the full pre-order announcement to know exactly how much. Marathon will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S and X with full cross-play.
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