Bungie has revised the development plan for Marathon

Bungie, the company known for the Halo and Destiny shooters, has already announced that the team's full attention will be focused on the sci-fi online action game Marathon. Nevertheless, the developers decided to change the previously published update schedule. The season, whose release was scheduled for September 22, is being postponed until winter, but a wipe has been scheduled for October — a reset of progress and of the in-game economy, so that all users can start their climb to glory from a clean slate. Let's take a closer look at these changes.

Everything that was planned for the first month of autumn, the developers decided to postpone until December 8. That is when gamers will get to check out the new Runner shell, and also try their hand at a fresh and permanent PvE mode and face off against opponents in an experimental deathmatch. But even earlier, on October 6, the "Twilight" update will be uploaded to the servers. In it, fans can expect a full progression reset — Bungie took such measures because some players had started reaching the final content too quickly. Now everyone will get equal starting opportunities. The "Vault Breaker" event, which also starts on the sixth of next month, will help with that as well.

"Symbiosis" will be the first major event of the next chapter of Marathon. In winter, the public will be presented with a permanent PvE mode, ways to explore the virtual world and level up characters beyond traditional raids. This will mark the beginning of a large body of work that will last all the way until spring and radically change the entire shooter. Among the upcoming innovations, it is worth noting another shell for the hero, a social hub in the form of a shooting range, and a serious upgrade to the training arena.