We already knew that Bungie’s delayed extraction shooter revival, Marathon, was toying with a March 2026 launch window and a $39.99 worth level, but it surely appears as if an commercial on the Xbox Retailer has prematurely introduced the large day: March 5, 2026.
It was Redditor TheJuiceBaba who noticed it first, offering a recording of a now-deleted Marathon teaser trailer on Xbox, which ended with: “Coming March 5, 2026. Pre-order now.”
In information unlikely to shock you, shortly thereafter the trailer was yanked from Xbox, and TheJuiceBaba’s publish is nowhere to be seen (if not fairly earlier than folks had been capable of rip and mirror it), giving us our strongest trace but that the trailer might be genuine.
Marathon has definitely endured a troubled improvement and has suffered a number of delays. On the finish of final yr, father or mother firm Sony mentioned Bungie had failed to fulfill its gross sales and consumer engagement targets, leading to a $200 million impairment cost, and the studio discovered itself battling but extra accusations of plagiarism again in Could after an artist accused Bungie of lifting elements of her art work for Marathon (the difficulty has since been resolved).
Final June Marathon was delayed into 2026 as Bungie labored to reply to suggestions from playtests. Issues went darkish till Marathon re-emerged in October, when Bungie introduced the extraction shooter was prepared for a restricted, invite-only playtest for gamers in North America and Europe throughout PS5, Xbox Sequence X and S, and Steam.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with a number of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.