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Marathon | Gameplay Overview Trailer

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Learn more about Marathon, coming September 23, 2025.

From the creators of Halo and Destiny comes Marathon, a team-based extraction shooter. Choose your Runner and scavenge the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV for fortune, power, and answers to Tau Ceti's secrets.

Closed Alpha Test starts April 23, 2025.

🐛Sign up to playtest on Discord
discord.gg/marathonthegame

Marathon Gameplay Reveal Showcase - Livestream

Join our dev team live from Bungie HQ as we reveal the first look at Marathon's gameplay along with a few other surprises.

This is never the end.

Catch our full reveal stream for full details about Marathon.

https://www.twitch.tv/marathonthegame

Get Ready for the Livestream 🏃

The countdown has begun—we are less than 24 hours away from the Marathon Gameplay Reveal Showcase!

‼️The big reveal starts on Saturday, April 12 at 10am PT.

You can tune into the reveal stream on:

And while we’re waiting for the show to begin...

[h3]YOU CAN JOIN THE INTERACTIVE PRE-STREAM RIGHT 🐈[/h3]

The official reveal pre-stream is live now! It runs for 26.2 hours before the official livestream starts, which means it begins on Friday, April 11 at 7:48am PT and continues until Saturday, April 12 at 10am PT when the showcase begins.

🟣 You can tune into the pre-stream at twitch.tv/marathonthegame



There will be some activities for everyone who drops by, including unscrambling signals to unlo~~~~%^&*()_+{}:"<>?~~~.

🤖 We’ve also got something special planned for the two hours before the livestream, starting at 8am PT on April 12. We wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise, but we will say you’ll want to tune into our official Twitch channel for maximum participation.

Once it’s 8am PT on April 12, we'll begin broadcasting on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and Steam, in addition to Twitch.

[h3]And then it’s time for the main event![/h3]

We’ll be livestreaming the Gameplay Reveal Showcase straight from Bungie HQ, where the local Seattle Marathon team will be here in the audience and is very excited to show you what they’ve been working on.

You can expect to see multiple gameplay videos along with a few other surprises in tomorrow’s stream.

We’ll be sitting down with game director Joe Ziegler, franchise art director Joseph Cross, senior design lead Lars Bakken, gameplay director Andrew Witts, and senior social media manager Andy Salisbury to chat about everything we’re sharing.

📢 Have a question you’d like to see answered on the show? Drop a comment below! We’ll be picking some questions submitted from you all to answer on stream. We’ll also be keeping an eye on Twitch chat for live Q+As too.

The stage is staging (picture taken two days before the show)

[h3]Twitch Drops and subscription rewards[/h3]

We’ll have TWO different rewards available during the pre-stream and livestream event on Twitch. These will ONLY be available during this event.

  • Subscribe to anyone streaming in the Marathon directory on Twitch to unlock a special cat badge on Twitch
  • Watch 15 minutes of anyone streaming in the Marathon directory on Twitch to unlock a Marathon emblem in Destiny 2. You’ll need to link your Twitch and Bungie accounts to receive your reward. Follow the instructions here to link your accounts.

Again, you can earn these rewards by watching or subscribing to the official Marathon Twitch channel or anyone (creators included!) streaming in the Marathon directory on Twitch during the event times below.

❗The Marathon Twitch badge is available from April 11 at 7:45 AM PT to April 12 at 4:00 PM PT.

❗The Marathon emblem in Destiny 2 Twitch Drop is available from April 12 between 10am and 12pm.


All proceeds from the Marathon the Game Twitch Channel subscriptions will benefit the Bungie Foundation.

[h3]And now for our most dignified guest... FELINI[/h3]

A small celebration of all of your love for pink cat, aka Bingus Felini 🩷 Shoutout to all of the amazing artists in the community.

Art by Mingway

Art by Row

Art by Gabriel Flauzino

Art by TheRealQuenny

Art by oddmb_

Art by destinythememe

Art by gemkimart

Phew, Marathon is set to avoid a PSN account requirement on non-PlayStation platforms, hopefully suggesting Sony's finally learned its lesson from the likes of Helldivers 2

Good news, if you're planning to play Bungie extraction shooter Marathon on PC or Xbox, you won't need to worry about having to log into a PlayStation Network account. Yep, it seems Sony might be learning its lesson from all the backlash its insistence in forcing this on some cross-platform games has landed it.

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Save the Date: Marathon Gameplay Reveal Showcase



The time has come—we're getting ready to share the first look at Marathon in this week's Gameplay Reveal Showcase!

📺🟣 twitch.tv/marathonthegame

Join us on Saturday, April 12@10AM PT from Bungie HQ, where we'll be revealing gameplay for the first time along with a few other surprises. Game director Joe Ziegler, franchise art director Joseph Cross, senior design lead Lars Bakken, gameplay director Andrew Witts, and senior social media manager Andy Salisbury will be sitting down to chat about everything we're sharing, and we'll be doing live Q+A from Twitch chat throughout the show.

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If it fits, it sits 🐈

[h3]Puzzles, decryption, and hacks[/h3]
Over the last few days, the community has been sluething their way through encrypted puzzles and messages intercepted by the resistance group, MIDA. We'd like to recognize the collaborative hacking efforts of you all here today 🫡

Curious what's been happening behind closed signals? Here's the quick recap of what transpired across multiple days, social platforms, and websites.

Decoding the signals from MIDAS: Cryptic messages, mangled audio transmissions, and code languages spread across the internet. Decoding a series of puzzles led to the Traxus OffWorld Industries chat logs, which contained the key to hacking into the CyAC Terminal.

Unlocking a secure gathering place: Hacking into the CyAC terminal uncovered a decryptor tool needed to solve hexadecimal language clues. These clues unlocked a complex audio soundscape puzzle, and the first person who solved it discovered the location of a safe place for MIDA to gather—also known as the Discord URL!

The first look at Tau Ceti today: MIDA intel points back towards the Satellite Map, where a mysterious signal can now be detected. Solving puzzles to unlock exact coordinates, THOUSANDS of players worked together to hone in on the source signal. Their efforts combined uncovered the first transmission from Tau Ceti IV—the CCTV feed seen in the Save the Date trailer (congrats, master hackers).

[h3]Join the resistance[/h3]
It's not too late—the Discord server is still a secure gathering place for the resistance, and MIDA is welcoming new members. Join the Discord to receive your unique Digital Access Card (DAC) from MIDA, a unique identifier just for you. You can use your DAC to access faction missions in Discord, allowing you to earn points and climb the leaderboards with each successful mission.

✊😤 discord.gg/marathonthegame

We've also got plans to host things like low-key dev livestream, Q+A forums, and more in the Discord after reveal. Definitely come join us if you'd like to connect with our team and other people excited about Marathon!

[h3]... and more to come[/h3]
We've got more things cooking on the road to reveal (and afterwards too) 👀 Come follow us on whichever platform you like to get your games news.

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[h3]We'll see you at the Marathon Gameplay Reveal Showcase![/h3]
Don't forget to follow us on Twitch so you'll be notified when we go live.

From all of us on the Marathon team, we can't wait to share more with you this week. Let us know what you're most excited to see in the comments, and we'll see you Saturday.
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