{"id":1021,"date":"2026-01-20T03:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/bungies-marathon-arrives-on-march-5\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T03:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:38:08","slug":"bungies-marathon-arrives-on-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/bungies-marathon-arrives-on-march-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie&#8217;s Marathon arrives on March 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Marathon<\/em>, Bungie&#8217;s long-awaited extraction shooter, will arrive on March 5, the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bungie.net\/7\/en\/News\/Article\/marathon-releases-march-5-2026-new-trailer-and-more\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">studio announced today<\/a>. Alongside a definitive release date, Bungie shared a new gameplay trailer, in addition to details about the game&#8217;s forthcoming deluxe edition, which fans can pre-order today on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S. All versions of the game will support crossplay, meaning you&#8217;ll be able to play with your friends, no matter where they decide to buy <em>Marathon<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sony, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/sony-buy-bungie-destiny-studio-180905449.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">Bungie&#8217;s parent company<\/a>, had <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/bungies-marathon-will-arrive-in-march-200838426.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\">previously committed to a March release<\/a> for <em>Marathon<\/em>, but stopped short of sharing an exact date. News of that date leaked early Monday after Microsoft published the pre-order trailer you see above early.\u00a0 Sony had originally planned to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/bungie-shares-first-looks-at-gameplay-from-its-new-shooter-marathon-alongside-a-release-date-213530509.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\">release <em>Marathon<\/em> in September 2025<\/a>, but <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/bungie-delays-marathon-indefinitely-190832450.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\">delayed the game indefinitely<\/a> in June of last year after a mixed reception to its alpha and an admission\u00a0Bungie had\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/bungie-admits-its-marathon-alpha-included-stolen-artwork-210006323.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\">partially plagiarized<\/a>\u00a0some visual assets. It&#8217;s safe to say <em>Marathon <\/em>could decide the future of the studio. In November, Sony said <em>Destiny 2<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/sony-says-destiny-2-has-not-met-expectations-200000610.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\">had not lived up to its expectations<\/a> and wrote down the value of the studio\u2019s assets by $204 million. This came after the company said it would take more direct control of Bungie. <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/bungies-marathon-arrives-on-march-5-193808588.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/bungies-marathon-arrives-on-march-5\/\">Bungie&#8217;s Marathon arrives on March 5<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marathon, Bungie&#8217;s long-awaited extraction shooter, will arrive on March 5, the studio announced today. Alongside a definitive release date, Bungie shared a new gameplay trailer, in addition to details about the game&#8217;s forthcoming deluxe edition, which fans can pre-order today on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S. All versions of the game will support crossplay, meaning you&#8217;ll be able to play with your friends, no matter where they decide to buy Marathon.\u00a0\u00a0 Sony, Bungie&#8217;s parent company, had previously committed to a March release for Marathon, but stopped short of sharing an exact date. News of that date leaked early Monday after Microsoft published the pre-order trailer you see above early.\u00a0 Sony had originally planned to release Marathon in September 2025, but delayed the game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}