>>713279705 (OP)
they said the new date will be announced in the fall after they do more closed alpha tests

>>713279818
>quietly just cancels it mid-august to no fanfare

>>713279818
better dust off your resume pete

>>713279705 (OP)
Don't care.
Once they removed content from D2 that I paid for I refused to ever support them again. Sony bought them and now I also do not support Sony.

Fuck Bungie.

>>713281563
why are destiny fags all exactly like this?
stfu no one cares about your tranny dress-up looter trash fantasy game faggot

>>713279705 (OP)
They'll need to find another obscure artist to plagiarize from before they can finally get things back on track.

>>713281818
can they at least pick craig mullins this time?
they obviously won't because all the hack faggot millenials that work there now have to 'do their own thing and make it different arbitrarily'

>>713279818
Theyre more fucked than ever before. It was bad enough with their original release date being so close to ARC Raiders but delaying it is even worse. They will then not only have ARC Raiders to compete with but then also
>Tarkov 1.0
>GTA 6
and not GTA 6 as in they are direct competitors but that GTA 6 will eclipse every news cycle for the entirety of 2026.

>>713282934
>but that GTA 6 will eclipse every news cycle for the entirety of 2026.
wow what an original thought and statement you must be a genius I've never heard this opinion before
you dunning kreuger sack of shit

Its taking a short breather to come back STRONGER,

Under new FEMALE leadership

You WILL play her game.

>>713284092
finally some whispy secretary is in charge guys we're gonna be aight

>>713284092
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

bungie leadership is so scummy

>>713284427
>bungie leadership is so scummy
nah, its literally just pete parsons paying them back for firing him the first time
dudes a weasel

>>713279818
I dont think they can even fix this game in just a year.

>>713279705 (OP)
Imagine if it gets shut down as quickly as Concord was, that will be so goddamn funny.

>>713284775
It'll get soft-canceled around sept

>>713284092
>narrative director of a game that has no story

people can listen to all these development red flags and STILL will buy this game

>>713279705 (OP)
Game development isn’t a race, chud. It’s a marathon.

>>713279705 (OP)
People are losing their jobs. People with families. People with children. People upon whom others depend to put clothes on their back and food on their table. Now they have nothing. Many of them will have to take jobs out of desperation at reduced pay which will impact their quality of life. They will have to move across the country. They will have to sell their homes at a loss. They will have to pull their kids out of school in the middle of the year.

And yet here you are on the asshole of the internet gloating about it, conjoined by a chorus of equally pathetic shitheels who have also accomplished nothing in life. And why? Because these people made a game you did not like. As if that is such a fucking crime. But no, it's not enough that you did not support the game. You had to take it a step further. You had to trash it at every opportunity. You had to discourage others from supporting it.

There are so many talented individuals in this industry who grow disillusioned and quit because of people like you. The bitterness. The spitefulness. The hatred. There are supportive people out there but they are drowned out by the negativity. This website is a festering shitpile and people like you are mysteriously drawn to it.

You need to take a step back and reevaluate your life. Ask yourself why you take so much joy when others encounter misfortune. Does it make you feel better? Does your life finally have a purpose? Do you feel fulfilled? Do your parents tell you how proud they are of you?

I hate you. I fucking hate you. And I don't mean that in the "I think you are a fucking dickhead" sense but in the "I loathe the mere fact that you are allowed to exist another miserable day" sense. I hope you find yourself in the same situation someday. And I hope someone gloats about it on the internet. And others join in celebration. Just like you are doing right now. I will be there when it happens. And I will laugh my ass off at you.

Fuck you.

Just fuck you.

>>713284929
More than zero people will.
Half of em expecting it to bomb really hard, and the game eventually turning into a collector's item.
There are people keeping their concord copies in a vault or something.

>>713285079

>>713285079
still not playing it pete
nice camero btw you tasteless boomer

>>713285079

>>713279705 (OP)
Wtf is happening to the aaa video game space. Games take half a billion to be made then just never come out and die

>>713286914
they spent 6 fucking years on a half-baked, basic bitch fps with 2 maps and one single shitty mode that no one asked for or wants

>>713287446
So women and browns hired by jews at the head of the project's leadership? got it

>>713286914
Woke era died and all these game were developing during the woke era

>>713287446
It probably restarted development like 10 times during that 6 years. That's why games take so long to make. Not because of push for le realism but they restart development over and over again. NuDevs don't have a clear vision of what they should do.

>>713279705 (OP)
The game and robot characters look like ass. What were they smoking?

>>713279705 (OP)
Just play the original

>>713286914
tax fraud

>>713287959
I am it's great

>>713279818
Until a new date is announced, the game is still technically delayed for an indefinite period.

>>713281474
He's got his classic car collection to jerk off into.

>>713285079
This pasta has to be at least two years old by now and summerfags still fall for it. Shameful.

>>713279818
Wasn't this shit pile set to release this summer? The entire reason it was getting so much attention was because they wanted to kick off the release with hype but the hype never came and the art theft scandal did

>>713288375
the hype died instantly the moment they revealed it was actually a hero shooter
despite them saying ad-naseum there's no way it would be

>>713288375
Original release date was September, the same day as Borderlands 4. There was going to be a beta in the summer, but the beta got cancelled after the plagirism thing.

>>713279818
>alpha tests
they are years beyond alpha version

>>713284258
>>713284427
>>713284905
Youre all just seething because you cant accept a talented woman leader

She WILL save this game and make it GOTY 2026

>>713279705 (OP)
I'm just here for the Marathon lore, so any delay is a good thing in my eyes. I have no intention of actually buying the game.

>>713279818
>alpha
this game is never coming out

>>713281680
>why are destiny fags all exactly like this?
its a false flag.
its the same comment every time.

>>713291604
They should've hired Jade Raymond to come down. That would've been fucking hilarious.

what will come out first, fairgames, marathon, or star citizen??

>>713279705 (OP)
>What does this Hyenas looking corporate slop have to do with Marathon?
>IT'S MARATHON NOW, CHUD, THE ART STYLE IS SOULFUL, IT'S GOING IN A NEW DIRECTION BUT IT'S STILL MARATHON
>the "style" just ends up being stolen assets repurposed by jeets and the game collapses forever

>>713288148
>This pasta has to be at least two years old by now and summerfags still fall for it. Shameful.
It's apparently at 100+ reposts by now.

>>713292584
>bungie deletes paid content
>all sane players quit the game, stop giving bungie money, and call bungie faggots whenever they're brought up
>TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING BUNGIE FAGGOTS SO THIS MUST BE LE FALSE FLAG
make sure to pre-order the $100 deluxe collector's edition expansion for your dying game. marathon needs the money!

>>713292808
I think Fairgame$ is coming out this fall? Marathon is TBD until they announce the next release date. And Scam Citizen is never coming out.

>>713293914
fairgames pushed to 2026 along with fable, that reported was back in february

>>713294707
Yeah? When in 2026? Because GTAVI is going to own half of the year at least from a vidya perspective.

And if Marathon gets moved into 2026 too, that means Sony is trying to release two live service games that would likely cannibalize each others playerbase.

Maybe I just haven't done enough coke to understand the business logic.

>>713295596
>Sources speaking to the outlet explained that when Sony acquired the developer last year, Bungie was contractually obligated to meet certain financial goals. Should those goals not be met by a particular amount, Sony can dissolve the current board and take full control of the company.
and
>Within the company [Bungie], there is a growing expectation that senior company leadership will leave in droves in the summer of 2026 when the final payouts from Sony's acquisition of the company take effect. With this in mind, there is a strong push to get Marathon out the door before then, and let whoever takes the reins after that (be it Sony or Bungie) worry about how it's sustained.
Bungie execs have given up on Marathon; Sony has given up on Bungie. Sony is setting up the game to flop so they can take over and poach any dev with actual talent for their other studios.

>>713295969
Delaying Marathon isn't going the save the game. Nothing short of a full reboot of the entire project from the ground-up could get anywhere near saving that turd. From Sony's perspective, Bungie's financial failure must've been confirmed since at least the start of the year.

>poach Bungie talent for other studios
I don't think they'd do that unless they plan to totally sunset Destiny 2 and close Bungie's studio. Even then, there's only one or two Sony studios in Seattle, right? Insomniac and some other one I forget. Closest one after that is Bend Studio down in Oregon.

you'd think all the corps would have learned from concord, especially hermen hulst, but instead they keep doing the good ol' double down and make it worse.

>>713296895
sunk cost fallacy is a bitch

>>713296535
>Delaying Marathon isn't going the save the game. Nothing short of a full reboot of the entire project from the ground-up could get anywhere near saving that turd. From Sony's perspective, Bungie's financial failure must've been confirmed since at least the start of the year.
Correct, which is why Sony already announced they're committed to releasing it before the end of the fiscal year. If they wanted to salvage it, they would've delayed it indefinitely.
>don't think they'd do that unless they plan to totally sunset Destiny 2 and close Bungie's studio.
I don't think they'll shut down Destiny 2, but I do think they'll put it into pseudo-maintenance mode with a skeleton crew releasing minor content updates and balance patches. At this point, why not? It went from averaging 80k on Steam during its bad periods when the whole community was pissed off to struggling to hit 25k average when the community is more or less okay with the state of things.
Destiny veterans are largely done with Bungie's bullshit and aren't going to come back without sweeping changes, and it's actively impossible to get new players into the game because of the deleted story content + the amount of baffling systems with no in-game explanation. The new expansion comes out in less than a month and I've seen zero marketing for it and zero people excited for it. Unless Sony's willing to commit to a Destiny 3, which is a huge gamble, what real future does the IP have? Might as well milk the whales for whatever they've got left.
>Even then, there's only one or two Sony studios in Seattle, right? Insomniac and some other one I forget. Closest one after that is Bend Studio down in Oregon.
Good point, yeah, I'm not sure what their WFH policy is like but that'd be an obstacle. Regardless, they dropped $3.6 billion for Bungie's "live service expertise" and now they're pivoting away from live service games entirely; they've gotta get *something* out of that deal.

>>713298283
>pivoting away from live service entirely
Nah. Hulst just gave a 'gun pointing at me from off screen' interview where he was clear about Sony's commitment to live service.

I don't think they'd do a fundamental shift away from that unless Sony Japan cleans house in Cali, fires their top execs, and reasserts control.

>>713299105
i have to wonder if sony is even interested anymore in moving playstation back to japan

>>713279705 (OP)
Zombified IP gets indefinitely delayed due to lazy developers plagiarizing every thing. Who would have ever imagined.

>>713299105
Christ, I somehow forgot it's still Hulst running the show, lol. It's actually impressive they managed to find someone dumber than Jim Ryan -- Hulst was the one who pushed hard internally for Concord to be released and said he thought it was "going to be one of the greatest multiplayer games of the modern era". It's deeply ironic that Sony's only live service success story was a game they never cared about before it blew up.
>I don't think they'd do a fundamental shift away from that unless Sony Japan cleans house in Cali, fires their top execs, and reasserts control.
We can only hope. They already demoted Hulst from co-CEO of SIE to head of PS Studios, so they're probably realizing that the guy is a fucking retard.

>>713300742
Hulst just needs to go. He's been propping up that worthless Horizon franchise (since he used to run Guerilla) for years while doing dumb shit like not making Days Gone 2 or another Killzone game. The only game in his master plan (those 12 live service games) that hasn't been a flop is Helldivers 2, but even then Sony almost killed it with their hubris in pushing the PSN requirement.

I'm starting to believe the meme conspiracy theory of Hulst and Ryan being super deep cover plants from Microsoft to destroy Sony's gaming division as some kind of spiteful retribution after MS lost the console war with the Xbone disaster.

i dont know what it is i hate about the art style so much. its not actually offensive looking but its so flat, bland, detailless, and just doesn't look right. its like they took that globohomo art style and made it into a game

>>713286529
>previous experience.... art director at bungle? sorry, Joe, but we don't think you'd be a good fit in the McDonalds family

>>713284427
Did liberals really make up a term to excuse when dei hires fail? I'm not surprised, I just really hope for the iq of the poster that the term was posted ironically.

>>713301216
>He's been propping up that worthless Horizon franchise (since he used to run Guerilla) for years while doing dumb shit like not making Days Gone 2 or another Killzone game.
Especially infuriating since he's only as far up as he is due to his work on Killzone. How did he manage to forget everything he knew about what makes a good video game?
>I'm starting to believe the meme conspiracy theory of Hulst and Ryan being super deep cover plants from Microsoft to destroy Sony's gaming division as some kind of spiteful retribution after MS lost the console war with the Xbone disaster.
Kek, this actually makes a surprising amount of sense when you remember Microsoft evaluated buying Bungie and concluded "fuck no, those guys aren't worth any amount of money".

>>713279705 (OP)
Bungie is such an incompetent studio, they can't even make an extraction shooter right, even tho there are plenty of examples of other games they could take ideas from.
Reminder sony listened to them and canceled Factions and kept Concord development going following Bungie suggestions.

Does this game have anything to do with the old Marathon game?

>>713302930
no

>>713302930
It ties into old-Marathon's lore but it's a completely different type of game (MP-only extraction shooter) and the lore shit is pretty much irrelevant. They weren't even planning to have any Pfhor enemies in the game at launch.

good leave this franchise in the past instead of bastardizing it

>>713282934
>GTA 6 will eclipse every news cycle for the entirety of 2026.
Might be a good thing for marathon desu

>>713301258
>why do people hate the artsyle
>points out every single negative thing people have issues with.

>>713279818
>>713280007
good either way
they also said it will be made more dark to resemble original marathon

>>713301258
Who calls an artstyle offensive? Are you retarded?

>>713302930
Nope. Nothing.
It's a zombified corpse.

>>713303659
The artstyle of Avowed is offensive.

>>713303659
"offensive-looking" means "so bad it literally hurts my eyes", ESL-kun

>>713288909
>the same day as Borderlands 4
Imagine getting outclassed by Randy

>>713303819
Imagine pissing and shitting yourself over an ugly game

>>713303659
its an apt term for something you don't like to look at

>>713304018
i know your brain has been broken by the culture war but stick with me here: words have multiple meanings

>>713304036
>>713304107
Do you find mirrors offensive?

>>713303659
mmm yes squares and blocks lets make everything look like a pixels but irl. Its ass to look at and so obviously lazily designed without rhyme or reason.

>>713303803
>>713303819
>>713304107
>>713304213
you could've just said yes

>>713304018
>Avowed
The game looks like vomit.

>>713279705 (OP)
what is the go-to extraction sloppa these days? marauders looked cool but i heard the devs abandoned it

>>713285079

>>713304267
triggered

>>713304349
not by an artsyle

>>713285079
These people have been failing upwards for years.
They all deserve to be black listed.

>>713304267
your game is flopping and you're sitting here pretending the company doesn't steal assets regularly but Even stolen assets can't save this out of touch slop

>>713304503
Truth

>>713304557
It's an ugly artstyle made by a disgusting tranny anon.

>>713304456
Majority of people don't like the look of the characters guns and world. They're not the problem.

>>713304718
Triggered

>>713302653
Allegedly, part of MS' reasoning on why they didn't buy Bungie was mostly the 'they cost way more than they make' problem. The silly asking price was just a convenient excuse for MS to say '..nah.'

I'm sure MS would've bought them for the IPs alone if the price was around the $1.25bn range.

>>713303980
Especially since he's a guy who drops USBs full of porn at Medieval Times restaurants, lel

>>713296895
buddy, projects take 6 years, what could the learn from a failure from a year ago? nothing.

its too late to turn course now.

>>713307369
>buddy, projects take 6 years
No.

>tfw the "Marathon" brand will now be forever tainted by this failed corposlop that nobody asked for
I wonder if the average normie is even aware of the classic Marathon trilogy's existence

>>713305836
>Allegedly, part of MS' reasoning on why they didn't buy Bungie was mostly the 'they cost way more than they make' problem. The silly asking price was just a convenient excuse for MS to say '..nah.'
Yeah, I was mostly exaggerating for comedic effect, but I don't think they even got to the stage where they were discussing numbers with Bungie; they saw the burn rate and crossed them off the list. Sony giving Bungie a ridiculous overpay right after MS's evaluation was just the cherry on top.

>>713284092
Maybe they'll drop the hero shooter aspects and make it a better game.

>>713279705 (OP)
dead

>>713308618
>>713284092

They should just make it into soulslike in Marathon universe with hot female lead

>>713284427
Yeah she’s the fall guy for the whole thing now LOL

>They delayed the release date to fix the mistake
>OMG ITS OVER
I enjoy Bungie's shitshow but don't understand this logic.

>>713313964
Fixing """"the"""" (LOL) mistake means remaking the entire game.
And they will never fix the reputation the game has. It's already too late because everyone sees this as another Concord to laugh at, not a game to be excited for. Try using your head a little bit before you post again.

>>713288029
You are a retard who would die if you had to explain how that is supposed to work.

>>713304157
I'm sure if you spend another 5 posts doubling down people will stop thinking that you're dumb.