Bungie Premieres Gameplay For Marathon

<p>After months of patiently waiting&comma; gamers were treated to gameplay video for Bungie&&num;8217&semi;s upcoming multiplayer team-based extraction shooter&comma; Marathon&period; The Gameplay Reveal Showcase showed off what Bungie calls&comma; &&num;8216&semi;&&num;8230&semi;tactical and fast-paced&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8217&semi; Alpha gameplay&comma; while exploring the mysterious and cutthroat world of Tau Ceti IV&comma; and discussed how players can join the <em>Marathon<&sol;em> Closed Alpha Test that will be announced at a later date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;12175011&sol;2025&lowbar;Marathon&lowbar;Reveal&lowbar;Press&lowbar;Kit&lowbar;COMPRESSED&lowbar;007&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-181222" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;12175011&sol;2025&lowbar;Marathon&lowbar;Reveal&lowbar;Press&lowbar;Kit&lowbar;COMPRESSED&lowbar;007&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bungie also announced an official release date for <em>Marathon&comma;<&sol;em> September 23&comma; 2025&comma; on PC via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;atelier-yumia-the-alchemist-of-memories-the-envisioned-land-pc-steam-deck-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Steam<&sol;a>&comma; PlayStation 5&comma; and Xbox Series X&vert;S with full cross play and cross save&period; The developer also made it clear that <em>Marathon<&sol;em> will not be a free-to-play title&comma; Bungie says that the game &&num;8216&semi;&&num;8230&semi;<span class&equals;"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">will be a premium title&period; <em>Marathon<&sol;em> will not be a &OpenCurlyQuote;full-priced’ title&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8217&semi;&comma; no price was given with Bungie saying that they will reveal more this summer&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was also revealed that Marathon&comma; despite being a paid premium game&comma; <span class&equals;"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">will have a battle pass and 3 maps at launch&period; But players looking to get in early and help shape the game can try their hand at a playtest key by joining the official <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;uberstrategist&period;us3&period;list-manage&period;com&sol;track&sol;click&quest;u&equals;b4300e528090154189e29235d&amp&semi;id&equals;40178d1d9f&amp&semi;e&equals;d852f2a70b" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Marathon<&sol;em> Discord<&sol;a> and sign up there&comma; the Discord will also have live Q&amp&semi;As for fans&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;12175044&sol;2025&lowbar;Marathon&lowbar;&lowbar;Reveal&lowbar;Cinematic&lowbar;COMPRESSED&lowbar;03&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-181223" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;12175044&sol;2025&lowbar;Marathon&lowbar;&lowbar;Reveal&lowbar;Cinematic&lowbar;COMPRESSED&lowbar;03&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"960" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the gameplay trailer below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe title&equals;"YouTube video player" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;uZRGDZCl9pg&quest;si&equals;YJW&lowbar;0V&lowbar;1w1yj3m&lowbar;z" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;