One of Bungie’s defining first-person shooter tasks is coming to Steam within the type of Classic Marathon.
It’s an surprising revival that exists thanks to the community-driven growth staff at Aleph One Developers. The Steam port is claimed to carry the sci-fi FPS to gamers with out tarnishing its unique feel and look whereas nonetheless offering new options like non-compulsory widescreen HUD assist, 3D filtering/perspective, positional audio, and 60+ fps interpolation.
Bungie took to X/Twitter to formally reveal the brand new Classic Marathon Steam web page.
Somewhere within the Heavens…
Thanks to the wonderful Aleph One group, the Classic Marathon trilogy is coming to Steam. Wishlist at the moment, and put together on your journey back to Tau Ceti.
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— Bungie (@Bungie) March 19, 2024
“Alien forces have boarded the colony ship UESC Marathon in the Tau Ceti system, in orbit around humanity’s first interstellar colony,” the Classic Marathon Steam description says. “The situation is dire, and as a security officer assigned to the Marathon, your duty is to defend the ship and its crew from the alien threat.”
The unique Marathon launched for Mac within the mid-‘90s, and while it was eventually overshadowed in the public eye by projects like Halo and Destiny, it still remains as an important milestone for Bungie. It also went on to receive two sequels in Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity, though there’s no phrase on if they may get the Classic remedy, too.
Aleph One has lengthy been thought-about the most effective methods to expertise the Marathon trilogy on PC, with gamers nonetheless able to visit its website and play today. The sequence largely laid dormant for many years till Bungie surprise announced a new entry in the franchise in May of final yr. Details on the game, merely titled Marathon, are scarce, although players have rallied to uncover clues about it earlier than its eventual release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.
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