Marathon

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Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short

Video Overview & Insights

Death is inevitable.

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meanwhile the game stuff is just close up epilepsy memes

— @Michael_Westen_69

From the creators of Halo and Destiny comes Marathon, a team-based extraction shooter. Choose your Runner and scavenge the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV for fortune, power, and answers to Tau Ceti's secrets.

Coming September 23, 2025.

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Beach map soon 🙏

— @hotcoldd

🐛Sign up to playtest on Discord

discord.gg/marathonthegame

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... This leaves me with more questions than awnsers and aside from showing it's a shooter I don't know anything about the game besides atmosphere

Trouble is it's an atmosphere I don't like. I like fun lootershooters with a more lighthearted but sometimes deep feel. This looks like it's trying too hard to be mystery and dystopian and I don't need nor want another dystopian that ng to play. It just doesn't interest me.

— @johnwillsea6600

Written and Directed by Alberto Mielgo

Produced by Sergio Jimenez

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even the anomalies are there

— @BracingRex6989

Co-Produced by Bungie

Made by Pinkman.TV, Agora, Illusorium

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gut

— @r2stik

VO Cast

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It feels like it's been a very long time since I could say that I've seen and was moved by a very fresh and novel visual style and voice. Really glad that talented people get to create something this fresh and not be forced to corporate down to safe visuals.

— @buzzvuzz

Erica Lindbeck - Glitch

Elias Toufexis - Void

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Dang! I don’t play games, but I want more of this ART! Just more glimpses of this beautiful universe!

— @Haxxel8

Nika Futterman - Blackbird

Donnla Hughes - ONI

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What the heck is this? Everything looks like dishwashing gloves.😂

— @XtremeZero.

Ben Starr - Narrator

📺Gameplay Reveal Trailer

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If Bungie were smart, they would hire Alberto Mielgo to direct a MARATHON film or miniseries, because the animation, cinematography and direction in this short film is better than many big-budget blockbusters (ex. Red One, Red Notice, The Fountain of Youth and The Gray Man).

— @korrainomad365

https://youtu.be/9uYhieGBS90

📺Gameplay Overview Trailer

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The visuals are a masterpiece. The story and editing are all over the place just to make it feel artistic. 😂

— @Mojova1

https://youtu.be/FVIt7AsUr5s

📺Creator Alpha Gameplay Highlights

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who's here after watching @corridordigital reaction video?

— @crackedskull171

https://youtu.be/BlC31D_Rr-Y

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there's definitely a part of the trip that looks a lot like this

— @360.Tapestry

Twitter: https://x.com/marathonthegame

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This girls spiky hats make her look like a spiky goomba it's weird as hell lol. That weird design choice turns me off the whole game, since she is like the face of the game, makes her not relatable at all. This short cinematic is insanely awesome though.

— @Ablumz

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarathonTheGame/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marathonthegame

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my eyes had been blessed today

— @berry-badger

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@marathonthegame

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corridor sent me to judge this. it's atmost decent. a mix of old and new shading. some flashy new gen visuals with modern camera tracking motion. quite uncanny and incoherent tho. the volumetric rendering integration is pretty sloppy aswell. atleast it's in 4k. so... i could watch it in supersampled 1080p. yo

— @glitchered

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marathon_the_game

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That quality is insane!

— @briefmarke3747

More User Perspectives

Doing the credits like that is incredibly smart knowing most folks are watching on their phones

@cmoatx

So glad I have a 4k Oled screen to watch this on now, its Amazing looking! Worthy of a Love, Death and Robots Episode (I heard that some of the team on this did the Jibaro episode)
Im not one for extraction shooters anymore these days but this is some Sick art yall made
Shoutout Corridor Crew for reacting to this on their channel

@vamsterr

Who is here after react?

@badejoolatuiyi1365

This is a dope game man. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THEM!!!! IT'S AN EXPERIENCE!!!

@cs-ark

Does Alberto have a chase fetish?

@nnm6

This has literally nothing at all to do with the game btw, not even remotely close

@fightedmealready2692

They only thing cool about marathon is the art style and the cinematic, cause it’s directed by Alberto 😂

@Y01_graphics

I’ll never understand why assassin didn’t smoke vandal when he had the chance here

@CodyBellenir

“Do you ever wonder what happened to these people?” That’s a player who’s new to the game and is actually curious about the story and environment.
“Don’t know. Not my business.” That’s a player who is here to collect loot and kill fellow Runners.

@ArtistTheArtist05

This is such an underrated trailer

@ThePhantom1877

The most beautiful game of the year, no competition.

@urosprodic137

Why am I just seeing this now, incredible

@beefy4227

There is a codex entry that talks through this cinematic from the Assassin’s point of view.

@evancornett6569

id love for that space station to be in game.

@heavyoak

This really should have been a story game with extraction shooter on the side

@jmang7490

Just a thought experiment... if Ozymandias existed now, he would be that arrogant?

@CrsdrsWrStnsts

It bother me that people are not talking about how bang gorgeous the art direction of this game is.

@Karimsama

Ozymandius poem hits hard

@57ashdot

I like the art, but they've clearly made a game with no stakes, no risk.

@ryanhupp-n6i

I am proud that I have played this amazing game since day one.

One thing is intriguing here: photo of the child Cyac shows to Vandal, it is the same photo later Cyac shown to Void. Am I right?

@jelenalena8186

One year later and this game is amazing! Style is beyond anything!

@JoeyRetro

I think the funniest thing about this cinematic after playing the game is that the vandal probably just straight up didn't die

@Neil_Manta

Yeah Glitch! Yeah Science!

@madyakmedia

Dude this trailer so cold i’m literally trying to see which parts are real or CGI even if its all CGI That snapped

@thatrigg1501

Masterpiece.

@Danny-Lee90

Such a great art piece.

@JustAChoom

This feels like an episode of love death n robots

@marcuskeller6979

7:23 "Standin' around like a bloody idiot!"

@Gyarretto7

This reminds me so much of Love, Death and Robots.

@kiyabcs

I wish the game was at least half as good as this cinematic

@phatphlanks5651

I’m so glad people appreciate this game and cinematics as much as I do

@Willow_wicked

Been playing the game for like a month and only just now watching this, this completely owns

@hunterhaller4065

Is the recon voice actress bangalores voice actress?

@celestialnovas3790

This game could of easily been a story game like destiny with an extraction mode

@celestialnovas3790