Month: September 2024

Bungie is best known as the studio behind Halo and Destiny, but before it did any of that, it made Marathon, a groundbreaking FPS released in 1994 for the Apple Macintosh. During today’s PlayStation Showcase, the studio made the surprise announcement that Marathon is coming back, but it won’t be quite the game it was 30 years ago.

“A massive ghost ship hangs in low orbit over a lost colony on Tau Ceti IV,” the Marathon website says, setting the stage for the game’s narrative backdrop. “The 30,000 souls who call this place home have disappeared without a trace. Strange signals hint at mysterious artifacts, long-dormant AI, and troves of untold riches. You are a Runner, venturing into the unknown in a fight for fame… and infamy. Who among you will write their names across the stars?”

That’s right, Marathon is now an extraction shooter, in which players will “compete for survival, riches, and renown in a world of evolving, persistent zones, where any run can lead to greatness.”

“We have a tremendous amount of respect for the original Marathon games and, from the very start, we’ve wanted to honor that, especially the mythology, story, and themes of the…

Destiny 2’s hotly anticipated expansion The Final Shape has suffered an enormous leak just days prior to launch, after PS5 players were mistakenly allowed access to the entire expansion via Sony’s Game Streaming service.

In what appears to be an oversight by Sony, Destiny 2: The Final shape had been pre-loaded onto Sony’s servers for access on its streaming service ahead of the expansion’s launch. However, when preloaded, the expansion was left publicly available, enabling players to access it early. Players who accessed the expansion were given a new Guardian Rank 1 account and were required to play through the game’s tutorial. But they could access the inventory, map, and other menu pages, which provided information about items and other details in the expansion.

The leak occurred earlier this morning, with the entire expansion reportedly available to play for about five hours. But players who jumped in don’t seem to have got too far into The Final Shape before access was revoked. Campaign details that have leaked so far relate only to part of the first mission, though it’s possible some users got further and simply haven’t shared the information online.

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