Bungie might be reviving its Marathon franchise
Bungie may be reviving its old franchise Marathon, according to a recent story from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson. The Destiny 2 developer has previously indicated that it was developing a new game, which could make this rumored revival its first non-Destiny game in nearly a decade.
The original Marathon released in 1994 on the Apple Macintosh, and was a first-person shooter about fighting aliens in space. In many ways, it's considered a spiritual predecessor to Halo, and has been ported to various systems over the years, including iOS and Xbox 360.
Henderson's report states that the Marathon revival will take the form of a three-player extraction shooter. Extraction shooters, such as Hunt: Showdown, see players choose a mission, arrive on a map, and complete tasks before safely extracting.
Sources speaking to Insider Gaming continued that the revival is planned as "the ultimate example of a living game." Live service games are an avenue that Bungie has expertise in and, like Destiny 2, the Marathon game will reportedly feature seasonal rewards and progression.
Back in 2019, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons explicitly stated his hopes for the studio to be able to run multiple franchises by 2025. And when the studio was acquired by Sony earlier this year, it was made quite clear that it wants Bungie to keep making live service games.
Game Developer has reached out to Bungie and will update this story when a response is given.
If the report of a Marathon revival is true, that's yet another previously dormant franchise making a comeback. In recent years, franchises that have been on ice for years have made a return, either as remasters and remakes, or full-blown sequels
Just yesterday, Konami revealed it has multiple games in
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