Ex-Bungie Dev On Marathon‘s Summer Of Hate: ‘You Can’t Take The Thing I Care About The Most Away’
Kotaku | 20.01.2026 21:18
The buzz around Marathonwas strong coming out of its initial 2023 PlayStation Showcase reveal. It was a familiar multiplayer formula inside a wrapper that looked unlike anything else out there. But things started going downhill after fans went hands on with an alpha test build in May 2025. Coupled with an art plagiarism incident and annual mass layoffs at Bungie, the vibes had turned rancid. Fans were skeptical and haters were gleefully calling Marathon the next Concord. What does that do to the headspace of someone working on the game internally?
