Neowin News Feed for: Marathon

Bungie reportedly facing major layoffs under Sony, no new projects greenlit

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:50:02 +0000

The Destiny 2 and Marathon developer may be in trouble, as a report says Sony hasn't approved a new project for the studio and is instead eyeing massive layoffs. Read more...

AMD 26.2.2 driver is here with Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon support

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:28:02 +0000

AMD Radeon graphics users can now grab the AMD 26.2.2 ahead of major releases like Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon for full support. Read more...

NVIDIA 595.59 driver brings Resident Evil Requiem support and more

Taras Buria — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:22:01 +0000

A new graphics driver from NVIDIA is here, offering optimizations for Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon. Bug fixes are included as well. Read more...

Intel's new GPU driver brings massive Resident Evil Requiem and Witcher 3 FPS improvements

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:16:01 +0000

The latest graphics driver release from Intel for its Arc GPUs boasts some impressive frame rate gains for a couple of games. Read more...

Sony attaches new release date for Marathon, Bungie's new live service game

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:26:01 +0000

Sony's next live service attempt is coming from Bungie, the makers of Halo and Destiny. The extraction shooter Marathon finally has a firm release date following last delay. Read more...

Bungie attaches new launch window to Marathon, will be same price as Arc Raiders

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:24:02 +0000

Sony and Bungie have revealed a new release target for the upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, which will be hitting Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Read more...

As Destiny 2 underperforms, Sony admits Bungie purchase hasn't been so successful

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:32:01 +0000

The PlayStation maker purchased Bungie in 2022 to pivot its studios into making live service games. However, the studio hasn't managed to reach expectations for its own live service hit, Destiny 2. Read more...

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons steps down, Justin Truman to lead studio

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:54:01 +0000

Sony-owned developer Bungie is going through a major leadership change as CEO and Studio Head Pete Parsons has left the company. Read more...

Sony and Bungie delay Marathon indefinitely after 'passionate feedback' from community

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:56:01 +0000

Marathon is no longer landing this September, as Sony and Bungie have decided to delay the live service extraction shooter to focus on feedback. Read more...

Following plagiarism accusations, Bungie admits Marathon is using some stolen artwork

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 16 May 2025 09:30:01 +0000

In a statement, the Sony-owned studio Bungie has admitted to using artwork without permission in its upcoming live service extraction shooter Marathon. Read more...

Bungie's Marathon is out this September on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 18:02:01 +0000

Sony studio Bungie today gave a first look at the gameplay of its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. A release date has finally been attached to the live service project too. Read more...

Bungie prepares first gameplay reveal of Marathon for later this week

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:42:01 +0000

Sony and Bungie's next live service venture, Marathon, is getting a full gameplay reveal later this week. The title is slated to hit PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms. Read more...

Bungie gives an update on Marathon development, playtests will expand in 2025

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:22:01 +0000

Destiny-maker Bungie's next project, Marathon, was announced over a year ago, but players will have to wait for a while longer to jump into playtests. Read more...

Bungie reportedly canceled plans for a Destiny spin-off game, Payback

John Callaham — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 05:34:02 +0000

Before this week's mass layoffs, developer Bungie reportedly canceled a game with the name Payback. It was set in the Destiny universe but was a third-person game in the style of Warframe. Read more...

Bungie lays off 220 team members; will spin off one of its incubation game projects

John Callaham — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:46:01 +0000

Destiny and Destiny 2 developer Bungie has announced it will lay off an additional 220 team members. It will also spin off one of its incubation projects into its own separate studio. Read more...

Bungie's first Marathon game has been released for free on Steam with the others to follow

John Callaham — Fri, 10 May 2024 20:54:02 +0000

The first game in Bungie's Marathon series of sci-fi shooters from the 1990s is now available to download from Steam. The other two games in the series will also launch for free on Steam soon. Read more...

Sony delays half of its upcoming 12 live service projects to focus on quality

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:08:01 +0000

Six of the 12 live service games in development at Sony studios do not have a launch window anymore. The company says it is now focusing on improving their quality before sticking to a schedule. Read more...

Report: Bungie revenue 45% below projections, leading to latest layoffs and delays

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:52:01 +0000

The Sony-owned live-service giant Bungie has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce following a major miss on its revenue targets. Future projects of the studio may been delayed internally too. Read more...

Destiny developer Bungie hit with layoffs, reportedly delays new projects

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:40:01 +0000

Destiny and original Halo developer Bungie is laying off an unknown amount of team members today. It is also reportedly delaying a new Destiny 2 expansion along with its recently announced Marathon. Read more...

Bungie is hiring for a new game set in a "science-fantasy universe" and a "comedic world"

John Callaham — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:16:01 +0000

Bungie offered a brief description for an unnamed upcoming new team-based action game that's set in a "science-fantasy universe" and in a "comedic world". It's now hiring to develop the project. Read more...

Bungie is bringing back Marathon as a PvP shooter for PS5, Xbox, and PC

John Callaham — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:28:01 +0000

Marathon was one of developer Bungie's first games, and now the developer is bringing the franchise back as a sci-fi PvP shooter. However, there's no word on when the game will launch. Read more...

Twitch streamer dies during 24-hour gaming marathon

Connor Bucy — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 19:38:01 +0000

Popular Twitch streamer Brian Vigneault died at home of unknown causes during a 24-hour World of Tanks marathon. Vigneault was streaming to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Read more...

Retro Wednesday: Marathon

Tyler Holman — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:48:54 +0000

This week's Retro Wednesday delves deep into the world of Mac gaming for the first time to discover the roots of Halo in Marathon, a classic title from Bungie with a big legacy. Read more...

Bungie-Activision game publishing deal revealed

John Callaham — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:22:10 +0000

Some of the details of Bungie's game publishing deal with Activision have been revealed as part of the lawsuit between Activision and the founders of Infinity Ward. Read more...

Bungie's Marathon coming for free to the iPad

John Callaham — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:27:39 +0000

The first game ever developed by Halo creator Bungie is coming to Apple's iPad tablet but in a somewhat unusual way. In an article and interview on Bungie's web site, it has been revealed that... Read more...

South Korean Dies After 50 Hour Gaming Marathon

Howard Thomson — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:24:50 +0000

A gamer from South Korean has suffered a cardiac arrest after a 50 hour session of popular sci-fi game Starcraft. The 28 year old man, identified only by surname Lee, started playing on August 3rd.... Read more...

Xbox marathon, 2+3 Nov, 48hours of Xbox'ing!

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:25:58 +0000

On Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 in New York and Los Angeles, the Xbox team from Microsoft will present Xbox Unleashed, a 48-hour continuous gameplay marathon pitting gamers against one another in intense head-to-head competition.... Read more...