If we believe the rumors, one of Bungie’s upcoming projects is a reboot of the sci-fi shooter series. According to Insider Gaming, Bungie’s Marathon reboot is already in a pre-alpha state and will turn the seminal shooter franchise into a squad-based, team-extraction-type multiplayer title. Jeff Grubb later corroborated the rumors, adding details that the game is a “free-to-play live service title” with “highly customizable” characters and is an “authentic Bungie FPS experience.” With both Grubb and Henderson reporting the same thing, an official announcement is all a matter of when and not if. Having said that, even without these rumors, most were half-expecting Bungie to explore new IPs after the Sony acquisition. Its experience with live-service titles is one of the reasons why Sony has a lot of projects with live-service elements planned through 2026. If Bungie is not the lead developer on a game, it’s likely that Sony will leverage its expertise to ensure everything is smooth sailing. Besides, Bungie had already confirmed in 2019 it’s working on a new IP that will be out by 2025. TLDR; if you connect all of the dots, there’s a fat chance that Bungie will launch a Marathon game in 2025. The only question now is, is this Sony’s answer to Call of Duty becoming an Xbox exclusive? In other news, Bungie is working on several Destiny-related projects such as a mobile spin-off and an animated show. It’s also believed that a third-person competitive action game is in development at Bungie.
