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"Time is limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am limited only by the closure of the universe." This article may contain information based upon upcoming, unreleased, or recently-released content, and may not be fully complete. Additionally, the information may be subject to change if it is based on pre-release material. Please update it as soon as any relevant and accurate material is available.

Marathon
Developer(s):	Bungie
Publisher(s):	Bungie
Platform(s):	Steam PlayStation 5 Xbox Series S|X
Release date(s):	September 23, 2025
Genre(s):	First-person shooter Extraction shooter

Marathon is an upcoming team-based extraction shooter currently in development by Bungie, releasing on September 23rd, 2025. It will be the first new game in the Marathon franchise since the original Marathon Trilogy was released in the 1990s. An alternate reality game began in 2023 to coincide with the reveal announcement and ViDoc and continued later in 2025 to coincide with the gameplay reveal stream.

Plot

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Gameplay

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Appearances

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show Characters Runners (First appearance) Blackbird (First appearance) Glitch (First appearance) Locus (First appearance) Void (First appearance) Other Gaius (First appearance) ONI (First appearance) Vulcan (First appearance) show Species Artificial Intelligence Human S'pht show Organizations Arachne (First appearance) CyberAcme Systems, Inc. MIDA NuCaloric (First appearance) Sekiguchi Group Traxus OffWorld Industries Unified Earth Space Council show Location Tau Ceti IV Dire Marsh (First appearance)

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Features

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Gallery

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  A Blackbird Runner from the 2023 Announce Trailer

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  An unnamed sniper from the 2023 Announce Trailer

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  A promotional image of a Runner codenamed "Thief" from the 2024 Developer Update

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  A promotional image of a Runner codenamed "Stealth" from the 2024 Developer Update, now known as the Void Runner

Marketing

Marathon | Official Announce Trailer

What is Marathon? | Somewhere In The Heavens - ViDoc

Marathon | Developer Update

Marathon | Save the Date Trailer

Marathon | Gameplay Reveal Trailer

Marathon | Gameplay Overview Trailer

Marathon | Creator Alpha Gameplay Highlights

Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short

Notes

• The 2023 ViDoc was made private on YouTube following former Marathon Game Director Christopher Barett's controversial dismissal from the company; a re-upload of the ViDoc was linked in its place.

External links

• Marathon on Steam
• Marathon on the PlayStation Store

References

Preceded by Marathon Infinity

Marathon (2025)

Succeeded by TBA