Bungie Studio Head Poria Torkan, alongside the Head of Product and GM of Marathon, Josh Dean, revealed plans to “evolve” Marathon as Bungie continues to navigate big internal changes.
In a September 21 video message to fans, Torkan and Dean addressed what’s next for Marathon, saying the game is an “important part” of shaping where Bungie goes next.
"It didn’t reach as many players as we’d hoped,” Torkan admitted. “But we also know and understand that the game needs to evolve.”
“We’re gonna anchor on what makes Marathon special and evolve it beyond the genre constraints that we’ve placed on it. We’re going to expand Marathon into a deeper survival experience that gives players more ways to take on its dangerous alien world,” Dean continued.
He outlined the team's goal for Marathon by the end of year one, saying that Bungie hopes to "preserve what you already love, but find ways to provide players with more agency in how you play, whether in PvE or PvP."
This news follows Bungie's plans to delay Marathon's next big update from late September to December. In a blog post published at the same time as Torkan and Dean's video message, Bungie reiterated that it "still [has] a lot planned for [its] October Nightfall Refresh and Symbiosis update in December." It also promised that players will get more Marathon news "later this week" regarding their vision for the future of the game.
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Marathon had a rough start since its launch in March; while it received critical acclaim upon release, according to data from SteamsCharts, it currently boasts around 1,390 active players, with a peak of just 2,630 in the last 24 hours. This is merely a small slice of Destiny 2's comparatively massive playerbase, and it seems the team at Bungie has taken notice of this, given its renewed efforts to reshape the game.
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