Bungie’s Marathon shooter launches on March 4th

Bungie is placing an official date on Marathon at the moment, its delayed extraction shooter. The slick-looking shooter from the makers of Halo and Future was initially set to launch in September, however will now launch on March 4th. Bungie will launch Marathon on Xbox Sequence S / X, PS5, and PC, priced at $39.99.

Marathon is about in a sci-fi universe in 2850, the place gamers tackle the function of a Runner to scavenge what’s left behind. As a Runner, you combat in a crew of as much as three gamers throughout a wide range of zones and factors of curiosity. Marathon is a PvPvE setting, so gamers might be combating creatures on planets in addition to different gamers. When you die throughout a run, you’ll drop your gear. However if you happen to survive, your loot strikes with you to future runs so that you get extra highly effective gear and degree up.

Bungie’s delay to Marathon means it’s now launching months after ARC Raiders, an extraction shooter from the makers of The Finals that has constantly been within the high 5 most-played video games on Steam since its launch in late October. Bungie had initially deliberate to launch Marathon forward of ARC Raiders.