Bungie delays Marathon after alpha test feedback

Bungie announced Tuesday that it’s delaying Marathon, its caller extraction shooter that had been acceptable for a September 23rd merchandise date. The workplace isn’t providing a caller merchandise day conscionable yet, though has promised to stock it sometime this fall.

The workplace outlined a fewer “immediate absorption areas” for the game. It plans to marque AI encounters “more challenging and engaging” and marque combat “more tense and strategic.” It’s “doubling down connected the Marathon Universe” by expanding “visual fidelity,” including “more communicative and biology storytelling,” and volition present a “darker code that delivers connected the themes of the archetypal trilogy.” (Bungie whitethorn besides beryllium making these ocular changes aft an creator said the institution lifted her artwork without permission.) And it plans to adhd “more societal experiences,” including proximity chat and improving things for solo and duo players.

“We’re utilizing this clip to empower the squad to make the intense, high-stakes acquisition that a rubric similar Marathon is built around,” according to the post. “This means deepening the narration betwixt the developers and the game’s astir important voices: our players.”

Bungie hosted tests for Marathon earlier this year, and reviews were mostly mid. With this delay, we’ll spot if Bungie tin amended the crippled truthful that it doesn’t crook into different big live-service misstep for Sony.