Bungie’s reboot of the 1994 shooter Marathon, due out in 2025, has suddenly acquired a new director after losing its original project lead.
Announced last May, Bungie’s surprise revival of its 1994 shooter Marathon caused quite a stir, with some 18 million people watching its eye-catching YouTube trailer within hours of its launch.
Behind the scenes, however, there are evidently creative changes underway among its development team. Christopher Barrett was initially heading up the Marathon reboot, but as picked up by Eurogamer, he’s now been replaced by Joe Ziegler, who previously directed Valorant at Riot Games.
Making the shift official, Ziegler wrote on Twitter, “For the last nine months I’ve been working on Marathon as the game director. We’re still baking, but I’m excited to share with you more info on the game as we get closer and closer to bringing it to all of you.”
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Announced last May, Bungie’s surprise revival of its 1994 shooter Marathon caused quite a stir, with some 18 million people watching its eye-catching YouTube trailer within hours of its launch.
Behind the scenes, however, there are evidently creative changes underway among its development team. Christopher Barrett was initially heading up the Marathon reboot, but as picked up by Eurogamer, he’s now been replaced by Joe Ziegler, who previously directed Valorant at Riot Games.
Making the shift official, Ziegler wrote on Twitter, “For the last nine months I’ve been working on Marathon as the game director. We’re still baking, but I’m excited to share with you more info on the game as we get closer and closer to bringing it to all of you.”
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- 3/20/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
One of the biggest surprises of the recent PlayStation Showcase was the reveal of Bungie’s new Marathon game. While Marathon is Bungie’s first new project in quite some time, the game’s name is obviously a nod to 1994’s Marathon: the game that put Bungie on the map. So how closely connected are those two titles?
Well, from a gameplay perspective, they seemingly have little in common. 1994’s Marathon was a sci-fi Fps that injected a rich genre narrative into a Doom-style Fps. The new Marathon is described as a “sci-fi PvP extraction shooter.” For those who don’t know, extraction shooters are an emerging spin-off of the battle royale genre. Popularized by games like Hunt: Showdown and Escape From Tarkov, extraction shooters often drop you into a hostile area and task you with collecting as much loot as you can before you extract. Extract too soon, and...
Well, from a gameplay perspective, they seemingly have little in common. 1994’s Marathon was a sci-fi Fps that injected a rich genre narrative into a Doom-style Fps. The new Marathon is described as a “sci-fi PvP extraction shooter.” For those who don’t know, extraction shooters are an emerging spin-off of the battle royale genre. Popularized by games like Hunt: Showdown and Escape From Tarkov, extraction shooters often drop you into a hostile area and task you with collecting as much loot as you can before you extract. Extract too soon, and...
- 5/24/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
“Destiny 2’s” second expansion, “Warmind” is coming out May 8, Bungie revealed Wednesday.
The developer says it will send players to “new places to meet new heroes and battle new enemies.” Naturally, there’s also new loot. Bungie isn’t providing details right now, but says it will talk more about the expansion during a Twitch broadcast on April 24.
In “Destiny” lore, a warmind is a powerful artificial intelligence designed to protect human colonies throughout the solar system. The expansion will likely focus on either the warmind Rasputin, who is featured prominently in the first “Destiny,” or Charlemagne, an A.I. on Mars who was promoted in early “Destiny” previews but was ultimately cut from the game, according to Kotaku.
The Warmind expansion could help revive flagging interest in “Destiny 2.” The game has been plagued with controversies since its launch in September 2017. Many roundly criticized its Eververse loot box system, forcing...
The developer says it will send players to “new places to meet new heroes and battle new enemies.” Naturally, there’s also new loot. Bungie isn’t providing details right now, but says it will talk more about the expansion during a Twitch broadcast on April 24.
In “Destiny” lore, a warmind is a powerful artificial intelligence designed to protect human colonies throughout the solar system. The expansion will likely focus on either the warmind Rasputin, who is featured prominently in the first “Destiny,” or Charlemagne, an A.I. on Mars who was promoted in early “Destiny” previews but was ultimately cut from the game, according to Kotaku.
The Warmind expansion could help revive flagging interest in “Destiny 2.” The game has been plagued with controversies since its launch in September 2017. Many roundly criticized its Eververse loot box system, forcing...
- 4/12/2018
- by Stefanie Fogel
- Variety Film + TV
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