Marathon developer Bungie has dropped a sneak peek at what’s to return when Marathon’s second season launches subsequent month.
Trying extra like Future than ever — from the tense environment to the unsettling rating — the trailer units up unseasonably spooky occasions as evening falls throughout Tau Ceti IV. Crucially, the teaser is cinematic, so not precise gameplay, and content material is topic to vary, however very similar to Future’s Dusk mode, it appears like Marathon’s second season ups the stakes, providing a a lot more durable problem for the Runners ready to take it on.
We do not but have any of the small print — who these new foes are, what they need, or why they’re monitoring us — however we do get just a little taste of what is to return with the video description: “Gamers will head into the evening as Dusk emerges on Dire Marsh, providing a tense and darkish expertise in opposition to different Runners and new creatures native to Tau Ceti 4. Battle on the brand new Evening Marsh map with new content material resembling the brand new Runner shell Sentinel, the Cradle, new weapons, development enhancements, and extra.
Season 2 of Marathon kicks off on June 2 for PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC through Steam.
The brand new season follows a plethora of modifications, massive and small, for the extraction shooter. Simply final month, Marathon doubled the quantity of Depleted Patch Kits (meds) and Depleted Defend Prices (armor) consumables gamers might carry in a single stock slot as Bungie bids to make its extraction shooter much less punishing for newbies. The week earlier than, Bungie’s boldest try but went reside, introducing the CyberAcme Runner Reinforcement Initiative (C.A.R.R.I.), a “new protocol from ONI that rewards solo Runners and coordinated crews for finishing contract goals and exfiling collectively.”
Final week, Bungie introduced the top of content material updates for reside service shooter Future 2, almost 9 years after launch. The studio stated it should launch the ultimate content material replace for Future 2 on June 9, 2026. Future 2 will stay playable regardless of lively growth ending. The main target is clearly on increasing the participant base of Marathon, which Bungie guardian firm Sony seems to have backed.
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