[STEAM] It Looks Like the Marathon Release Date Has Leaked via the Xbox Store

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We already knew that Bungie’s delayed extraction shooter revival,

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, was

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, but it seems as though an advertisement on the Xbox Store has prematurely announced the big day: March 5, 2026.

It was Redditor TheJuiceBaba who spotted it first, providing a recording of a now-deleted Marathon teaser trailer on Xbox, which ended with: "Coming March 5, 2026. Pre-order now."

In news unlikely to surprise you, shortly thereafter the trailer was yanked from Xbox, and TheJuiceBaba's post is nowhere to be seen (if not quite before people were

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), giving us our strongest hint yet that the trailer could be authentic.

Marathon has certainly endured a troubled development and has suffered multiple delays. At the end of last year, parent company

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, and the studio

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after an artist accused Bungie of lifting aspects of her artwork for Marathon (the

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Last June

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as Bungie worked to respond to feedback from playtests.

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, when Bungie announced the extraction shooter was ready for a limited, invite-only playtest for players in North America and Europe across PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Steam.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at

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