Bungie’s new extraction shooter feels decidedly unwelcoming to newcomers, but for those who persevere, an excellent game is waiting on the other side. Marathon is a tactical, extraction-based PvPvE ...

As a longtime Bungie fan, Marathon was my final frontier in gauging whether the extraction shooter genre was right for me. From Helldivers II to Arc Raiders, my interest in the extraction shooter ...

About three weeks ago, I shared my first impressions of Marathon. After about 15 hours with Bungie's ambitious extraction shooter, I was very pleasantly surprised with the game. Marathon's gunplay and ...

You won't want to rush this.

I imagine playing Marathon is a lot like running a marathon. At first glance and from a distance, it looks intimidating. Once you’re up close, you realize it looks that way for a reason: Because it is ...

Marathon is a fitting name, as trying to get good at this game feels like just that: A Marathon. Run after run, I started to notice that Marathon does indeed feel like a marathon, and it’s brutal.

From ARC Raiders to Escape From Duckov, extraction shooters seem to be enjoying something of a renaissance right now, to the delight of FPS fans like myself. But of all the newcomers to that space, ...