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Big news for Marathon fans. Bungie has revealed extensive gameplay about the upcoming relaunch of the classic series, including a September release date!

We have waited for so long for Marathon, haven’t we? It is awesome to see more of it, and as someone who rather enjoyed the originals, I am quite looking forward to this from the gameplay shown. The September 23 release date is another big surprise. I was not expecting to see it until 2026 at the very least, so in a few months we will see what the Marathon relaunch has to offer!

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In the meantime, players can join the Marathon community Discord, where they can sign up for a chance playtest Marathon. Do note however that these playtests will be for US only for the time being, but I imagine these tests will expand over the coming months.

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Marathon can be wishlisted on Steam. What do you think of the new gameplay? Interested in trying out for the playtest? Perhaps you have played the original trilogy? Let us know in the comments!

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Michael Baker
As a British guy in his mid-thirties, Michael has played and reviewed games as long as he can remember. Narrative Designer at Grimlore Games 2019-2020 (Spellforce 3 franchise, Plarium Games 2023 as Lore Editor). His favourite game genres are strategy, RPG, simulation and RTS.
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