Bungie reveals more about Marathon after fans solve ARG hidden in trailer

By James On May 25, 2023

Bungie released a ViDoc video with more details about the mysterious extraction shooter Marathon after a puzzle hidden in the game’s teaser trailer was solved within hours by the Destiny community.

Add to the trailer, websiteAnd PlayStation Blog interview Revealed as part of Wednesday’s PlayStation Showcase, the ViDoc features members of the Marathon development team talks about the game, plus some unseen concept art.

Marathon will be a player-vs-player, team-based extraction shooter where squads of cybernetic Runners compete to retrieve mysterious artifacts, implants and weapons from a hostile environment on Tau Ceti IV. Players can make a wide variety of aesthetic and gameplay customizations to their runners.

There will be a story, divided into seasons, that will be furthered by players’ actions in persistent gameplay zones. In the video, game director Christopher Barrett gives the example of a crew being the first to find an alien key that opens the next zone. They are remembered for the achievement in the game – and they must figure out how to unlock it. zone for other players.

Artifact pieces combine into larger and more powerful artifacts, so there’s an ongoing risk/reward balance if you choose to stay longer and take one last fight to try and improve your haul.

Bungie is committed to dedicated servers, disconnected recovery, and strong security to ensure the integrity and fairness of Marathon. There will also be fog of war implemented in the game. “Without those elements, none of this matters,” said general manager Scott Taylor.

Marathon is about to begin internal alpha testing at Bungie. Taylor said that now that the game has been revealed, the development team will go dark “for an extended period of time”. When it resurfaces, the game will be much closer to launch and the studio will be ready to start sharing gameplay.

The ViDoc was unlocked in a short time after Bungie fans noticed a QR code hidden in the teaser trailer and scanned to reveal an in-universe website, sekiguchigenetics.jp.

This led to an alternate reality puzzle, which was solved by a team of members of the Destiny community, including Lot 2 streamer Skarrow9. If you’re interested in how it all went down, Skarrow9 posted a video of how they solved the puzzle to YouTube.