Bungie’s delayed Marathon revival will finally launch on March 5

It’s been nearly three years since then amount Creator Bungie (and its subsidiary Sony) has officially announced the revival of the story Marathon FPS franchise. It’s been about seven months since the game’s originally announced release date of September 23, 2025 was postponed indefinitely following the poor response to the game’s first alpha test.

But today, in a post on the PlayStation Blog, Bungie revealed what’s new Marathon It will finally arrive on PS5, Windows, and Xbox Series

Unlike Destiny 2which moved to a free-to-play model in 2019, is new Marathon It retails for $40 in the Standard Edition or the $60 Deluxe Edition which includes some digital bonuses and cosmetics. This reflects fairly similar prices Sagittarius RaidersWhich recently achieved 12 million sales in less than 12 weeks.

A new kind of Marathon

Unlike the original Marathon trilogy on the Macintosh in the 1990s – which closely followed the single-player campaign arcade and multiplayer deathmatch of the original death– New Marathon It is described as a “PvPvE mode survival extraction shooter”. This means gameplay is based on exploring distinct areas, searching for cosmetics and gear upgrades in exploratory missions alone or with up to two friends, and then seeing those missions “break into fast-paced PvP combat” at a moment’s notice, according to the game’s official description.