Bungie’s Marathon shooter launches on March fifth

Bungie is placing an official date on Marathon right now, 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 fifth. 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 position of a Runner to scavenge what’s left behind. As a Runner, you battle in a crew of as much as three gamers throughout a wide range of zones and factors of curiosity. Marathon is a PvPvE atmosphere, so gamers might be preventing creatures on planets in addition to different gamers. For those who die throughout a run, you’ll drop your gear. However in case you 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 persistently 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.