Marathon launches September 23

Team-based extraction first-person shooter Marathon will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on September 23 as a “premium title” with full cross-play and cross-save, developer Bungie announced. A closed alpha test will begin on April 23. Users can sign up to playtest via Discord.

Here is a brief overview of the game, via Bungie:

About the Game

From the creators of Halo and Destiny…

A massive ghost ship hangs in low orbit over a lost colony on Tau Ceti IV. 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.

Become a Runner in Bungie’s upcoming science-fiction player-versus-player extraction shooter, Marathon. You are a cybernetic mercenary venturing into the unknown in a fight for survival and fortune where any run can lead to greatness.

The World of Marathon

In Marathon, players inhabit a Runner, a cybernetic mercenary scouring the remains of a lost colony of Tau Ceti IV for fortune and power. Players team up in crews of three as they battle rival Runner teams and hostile security forces for weapons and upgrades. Survive and everything they’ve scavenged is theirs to keep for future runs on Tau Ceti IV—or if they’re brave enough, a journey to the derelict Marathon ship that hangs above.

Tau Ceti IV

Welcome to Tau Ceti IV, a lost colony whose inhabitants disappeared without a trace. Rival factions compete for the resources left behind, hiring Runners who’ve given up their human form for biosynthetic shells. Death is but a hurdle in this cutthroat competition where power, fortune, and answers to Tau Ceti IV’s mysteries hang in the balance.