{"id":49589,"date":"2026-05-04T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49589"},"modified":"2026-05-04T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:59:35","slug":"bungie-confirms-marathon-story-plans-are-in-place-for-the-next-few-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=49589","title":{"rendered":"Bungie Confirms Marathon Story Plans are in Place for the Next Few Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It looks like Marathon won\u2019t be left behind anytime soon, as Bungie has confirmed it has plans to evolve its story over at least &#8220;the next few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Creative director Julia Nardin teased the next steps for the former Halo developer&#8217;s shiny new extraction shooter during an interview with <u>GamesRadar<\/u>. Although the multiplayer reboot is just shy of two months old, she said the team is confident enough to have at least a loose idea of what direction to take its narrative in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;We know where we want to take the story over the next few years,&#8221; Nardin said, &#8220;but I don&#8217;t want to say it\u2019s completely &#8216;locked in&#8217; because it&#8217;s important to us that our players be able to help shape it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Bungie plopped players into the world of Tau Ceti IV when Marathon for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S March 5. Its intention to build it alongside its community for the months and, ideally, years ahead is a long-term strategy it experimented with during the development of its Destiny titles, though not everyone was in love with the idea of being dropped late into stories that were years in the making.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Updates have already started to carve out the future, but Nardin said those who have yet to go on their first run have nothing to fear. This time around, she said it&#8217;s important for Bungie that players can &#8220;jump into Marathon at any time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;They&#8217;ll always be able to uncover the mysteries of Tau Ceti&#8217;s past while experiencing its present,&#8221; Nardin added. &#8220;We want every season to be a new entry point, and for new players to be able to understand what\u2019s going on regardless of how long we&#8217;ve all been running.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Marathon Screenshots 2026 and 2025<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Recent Marathon updates have seen Bungie <u>continuing to listen to fan feedback<\/u> by <u>increasing the amount of armor and healing consumables Runners can carry<\/u> and <u>making it easier to participate in the Cryo Archive<\/u>. With Season 2 expected to launch sometime in June, seems a flow of updates will continue to roll out after <u>reports shared that the project allegedly had around a $200 million budget<\/u> and is not in immediate threat of being shut down.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We gave Marathon a <u>9\/10 review<\/u> upon its launch in March. At the time, we called it &#8220;a ruthless and unforgiving extraction shooter that\u2019s worth every ounce of hell it puts you through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He&#8217;s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/bungie-confirms-it-has-marathon-story-plans-for-the-next-few-years-but-nothing-is-completely-locked-in-yet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Marathon won\u2019t be left behind anytime soon, as Bungie has confirmed it has plans to evolve its story over at least &#8220;the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9048,1792,2925,65,40,1199,59],"class_list":["post-49589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-bungie","tag-confirms","tag-marathon","tag-place","tag-plans","tag-story","tag-years","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}