… The post details Bungie's overarching strategy for Marathon , starting with an acknowledgement of the areas where the game falls short. "Marathon is overwhelming to learn," Ziegler begins. …
… Bungie's latest game Marathon launched on March 5 and has struggled to find the success that the developer's Destiny games did. On Steam, Marathon peaked at 77,358 concurrent players in its first month, and is now hovering between 4,000 and 17,000 concurrent players based on data from Steam Charts . …
… A paid product garnering far more players than the same product’s own free sampler is never not a good sign, so many hoped something similar would happen with Marathon. Marathon has now officially launched, and it doesn’t look like it managed to pull an Arc Raiders - at least so far. …
… Now, I’m elated to learn that after the latest Marathon update, I’ll be able to claim a free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit every single week. Bungie announced Marathon update 1.0.6.2 on Tuesday. …
… Like Marathon, Arc Raiders hosted its own server slam just a few days before its launch. That open test attracted 189,668 concurrent players at its peak, which is not that far off from Marathon’s so far. …
… This stylish Marathon number doesn't fall into those traps. The Marathon DualSense has a slick, industrial design with pops of tennis-ball green that calls to mind assembly instructions. …
… When Bungie first revealed Marathon in 2023, it also kicked off its first ARG tied to the game, something the studio has done before with games like Destiny and its sequel. …
… For the original trilogy of games, players are met swiftly with the incredible challenge of combating an advanced alien race within the strange hallways of the titular colony ship, the UESC Marathon. …
… In the original trilogy of games, Durandal was an artificial intelligence originally in charge of mechanical functions aboard the UESC Marathon — doors, stairways, and other boring things — but then he became “rampant,” an in-universe term that indicates he became sentient and autonomous. …
… When interviewing developers about Marathon ’s design and approach to marketing with altered reality games ARGs , I asked about the lobsters on a whim. …
