Summary
- Marathon is currently in a tough spot, with negative news seemingly being reported at every stop.
- Via a new report, it's being shared that paid marketing efforts for Marathon have been scrapped entirely.
- That report echoes previous information about marketing having the plug pulled before a supposed June trailer.
- With the game set for a September launch, a delay has become increasingly more likely.
Ever since 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation and Bungie held their 168澳洲幸🉐运5开奖网:major gameplay reveal for Marathon back in April, things have seemingly gone downhill at every stop. To start, in the initial hours following the Marathon presentation, Bungie had to respo🍃nd to concerns about the game's still un🧸reported pricing. Then, it was revealed that𒆙 the game won't have proximity chat, a key feature of extraction shooters.
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If that wasn't enough, Bungie s🥀crapped the Closed Alpha NDA requirement following mixed responses ဣto the game. And if all of that wasn't enough, then an artist accused Bungie of plagiarizing her artwork, ꧑a claim that Bungie confirmed was true.
As a result, morale is in a "free-fall," according to a recent report, with employees describing the environment surrounding the live-service title as "actively ho𒈔stile." All of that has put Marathon, a game that will reportedly need to be one of 2025s top five🐻 best-selling games to be considered a success, in a bad♍ spot. Now, further reporting has suggested that thi✃ngs have only gotten worse.
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, paid marketing for🎐 Marathon has apparently been canceled altogether. The information was first relayed by ex-IGN editor and current PlayStation podcaster Colin Moriarty, who reported the information via a person familiar with marketing.
"I was told by someone familiar with marketing plans in a key overseas market that there are now no plans to do paꦫid marketing for Marathon at all," Moriarty reportedly said. "I don’t know if those plans were affected by what has recently happened or if that was always the plan or whatever. But it is considered a fairly unusual move for a game of this high profile."
Moriarty's reporting echoes what . Those plans🌊 are apparently being reworked.
The developments have created a scenario in which Marathon could potentially be delayed from its planned September launch. Both Sony and Bungie cannot afford another bomb, and the environment surrounding the game is getting more and more negative💧.
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