Rumor: Bungie wants Marathon on PS5 to be the best live service game

bungie brings Marathon back as a PvP extraction style shooterand looks like science fiction and kinetic as you would expect from the team that brought you destiny 2. As the benchmark of quality in the world of high-stakes service games, it stands to reason that the studio would want to take things to the next level with Marathon, and it seems the plan is to do just that.

internal games he has dug further, reapproaching sources and collecting additional information. Anything can change between now and when the game finally comes out. We’re recording this as rumor, but give credit where it’s due: Tom Henderson and company were dead before and probably will be again.

Something that apparently came up a few times was the idea of ​​making Marathon the “last live service”. A source said the team is aiming for single-digit load times, from setup to playing live on the server.

Escape from Tarkov players know that it would just be a game changer. Additionally, the various Marathon maps will have hidden secrets for the community to obsess over. In fact, Tarkov is referenced repeatedly, with essentially the same core gameplay loop in place, which Insider describes like this:

• Choose your missions (to complete in the game)
• Buy/Choose your weapons/perks/skills/equipment
• fall on a server
• Search for loot / Complete missions / Explore and find secrets
• Extract
• Spend XP on upgrades
• Repeat

It is also understood that three maps are currently in development, but whether or not they make it at launch remains to be seen.

Additionally, Tarkov staples like Permadeath will be present, and solo players will be able to get in on the action, but will be up against duos and trios. There will also apparently be some sort of oxygen system at play, fueling even more hardcore survival elements. Being shot and having a boat break was given as an example, and other injuries (bleeding, concussion) also had adverse effects on play.

What do you think? Does Bungie’s version of Tarkov sound like something you’d be interested in with Marathon, or do you prefer your multiplayer in shorter bursts? Let us know below.