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It Looks Like the Marathon Release Date Has Leaked via the Xbox Store
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 69821" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/04/12/marathonoverviewthumb-1744478599585.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>We already knew that Bungie’s delayed extraction shooter revival, <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/marathon" target="_blank"><u>Marathon</u></a>, was <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/marathon-sets-march-2026-launch-window-and-40-price-point-as-bungie-unveils-new-gameplay" target="_blank">toying with a March 2026 release window and a $39.99 price point</a>, but it seems as though an advertisement on the Xbox Store has prematurely announced the big day: March 5, 2026.</p><p></p><p>It was Redditor TheJuiceBaba who spotted it first, providing a recording of a now-deleted Marathon teaser trailer on Xbox, which ended with: "Coming March 5, 2026. Pre-order now."</p><p></p><p>In news unlikely to surprise you, shortly thereafter the trailer was yanked from Xbox, and TheJuiceBaba's post is nowhere to be seen (if not quite before people were <a href="https://www.resetera.com/threads/marathon-release-date-leaked-via-xbox-community-page-march-5th-deluxe-edition-available.1409665/" target="_blank"><u>able to rip and mirror it</u></a>), giving us our strongest hint yet that the trailer could be authentic.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Marathon has certainly endured a troubled development and has suffered multiple delays. At the end of last year, parent company <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-says-bungie-hasnt-brought-in-as-much-money-as-it-thought-it-would-when-it-bought-the-developer-as-destiny-2-falls-off-a-cliff" target="_blank"><u>Sony said Bungie had failed to meet its sales and user engagement targets, resulting in a $200 million impairment charge</u></a>, and the studio <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/marathon-developer-bungie-launches-thorough-review-after-once-again-being-found-to-have-used-work-from-an-uncredited-artist" target="_blank"><u>found itself battling yet more accusations of plagiarism back in May</u></a> after an artist accused Bungie of lifting aspects of her artwork for Marathon (the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/artist-who-said-bungies-marathon-had-assets-lifted-from-poster-designs-she-made-in-2017-confirms-the-issue-has-been-resolved" target="_blank">issue has since been resolved</a>).</p><p></p><p>Last June <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/marathon-delayed-as-bungie-promises-to-reveal-new-release-date-this-fall" target="_blank"><u>Marathon was delayed into 2026</u></a> as Bungie worked to respond to feedback from playtests. <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/bungies-ready-to-invite-players-to-try-another-slice-of-sci-fi-shooter-marathon-via-a-new-closed-technical-test" target="_blank"><u>Things went dark until Marathon re-emerged in October</u></a>, when Bungie announced the extraction shooter was ready for a limited, invite-only playtest for players in North America and Europe across PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Steam.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social" target="_blank"><em>BlueSky</em></a><em>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/it-looks-like-the-marathon-release-date-has-leaked-via-the-xbox-store" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 69821, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/04/12/marathonoverviewthumb-1744478599585.png[/IMG] We already knew that Bungie’s delayed extraction shooter revival, [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/marathon'][U]Marathon[/U][/URL], was [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/marathon-sets-march-2026-launch-window-and-40-price-point-as-bungie-unveils-new-gameplay']toying with a March 2026 release window and a $39.99 price point[/URL], but it seems as though an advertisement on the Xbox Store has prematurely announced the big day: March 5, 2026. It was Redditor TheJuiceBaba who spotted it first, providing a recording of a now-deleted Marathon teaser trailer on Xbox, which ended with: "Coming March 5, 2026. Pre-order now." In news unlikely to surprise you, shortly thereafter the trailer was yanked from Xbox, and TheJuiceBaba's post is nowhere to be seen (if not quite before people were [URL='https://www.resetera.com/threads/marathon-release-date-leaked-via-xbox-community-page-march-5th-deluxe-edition-available.1409665/'][U]able to rip and mirror it[/U][/URL]), giving us our strongest hint yet that the trailer could be authentic. Marathon has certainly endured a troubled development and has suffered multiple delays. At the end of last year, parent company [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-says-bungie-hasnt-brought-in-as-much-money-as-it-thought-it-would-when-it-bought-the-developer-as-destiny-2-falls-off-a-cliff'][U]Sony said Bungie had failed to meet its sales and user engagement targets, resulting in a $200 million impairment charge[/U][/URL], and the studio [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/marathon-developer-bungie-launches-thorough-review-after-once-again-being-found-to-have-used-work-from-an-uncredited-artist'][U]found itself battling yet more accusations of plagiarism back in May[/U][/URL] after an artist accused Bungie of lifting aspects of her artwork for Marathon (the [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/artist-who-said-bungies-marathon-had-assets-lifted-from-poster-designs-she-made-in-2017-confirms-the-issue-has-been-resolved']issue has since been resolved[/URL]). Last June [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/marathon-delayed-as-bungie-promises-to-reveal-new-release-date-this-fall'][U]Marathon was delayed into 2026[/U][/URL] as Bungie worked to respond to feedback from playtests. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/bungies-ready-to-invite-players-to-try-another-slice-of-sci-fi-shooter-marathon-via-a-new-closed-technical-test'][U]Things went dark until Marathon re-emerged in October[/U][/URL], when Bungie announced the extraction shooter was ready for a limited, invite-only playtest for players in North America and Europe across PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Steam. [I]Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at [/I][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social'][I]BlueSky[/I][/URL][I].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/it-looks-like-the-marathon-release-date-has-leaked-via-the-xbox-store"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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