A report from Forbes claims that Bungie gained’t do a “main showcase” for its upcoming dwell service shooter Marathon till Spring 2025.
In accordance with Forbes’ supply, essentially the most we’ll get this 12 months is doubtlessly a brief video from the sport director Joe Ziegler to supply some clarification on what’s been occurring with Marathon to this point, however that’s it.
Bungie followers should wait although for any type of correct gameplay reveal. Apparently, the supply additionally corroborated experiences relating to Marathon having a $40 price ticket, saying that not solely are these true, however that it’s nonetheless greater than probably Marathon shall be a premium buy sport, not free-to-play.
It goes additional to assert that the choice ties again to Helldivers 2 being a runaway success at $40, and that Harmony’s lately failure each did nothing to sway resolution makers about Marathon’s value, and it’s additionally far too late within the course of to revert to a free-to-play mannequin now anyhow.
The report additionally features a few sport particulars, similar to claims that Marathon’s heroes will be regarded as akin to the heroes you play as in Apex Legends, although Marathon will provide extra customization, which primarily sounds prefer it’ll come from how one can customise weapons.
It additionally touches on the truth that Ziegler took over from Chris Barrett, who was lately fired as a consequence of inappropriate conduct. All of the perception the supply provides is that the transition from Barrett to Ziegler is what made the heroes take extra of a spotlight, as Barrett’s earlier plan “have been simply not coming collectively in follow.”
Supply – [Forbes]