"Nothing beside remains…”
I met a traveler from an antique land who said...
"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert.
Near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies,
whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
tell that its sculptor well those passions read
which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
the hand that mocked them...and the heart that fed."
If you escape, will they call you god? Marathon launches worldwide on March 5.
From the creators of Halo and Destiny comes Marathon, a new survival extraction shooter set in a dark sci-fi world.
“In Death We’ve Just Begun” is available for streaming on all major music platforms at midnight local time on March 4.
The full Marathon OST is available for streaming on March 6.
Pre-order Marathon now:
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3065800/Marathon/
PlayStation 5: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/marathon/
Xbox Series X|S: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productid/9p8mgmxndv9b
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Written and Performed by: @RyanLottMusic & @sonlux
Vocals and Lyrics by: Poppy
Mixed by: Chris Tabron at Rumours, Brooklyn
Additional programming by Jordan Munson and Keir Schmidt
Mastered by: Dave Kutch at The Mastering Palace, New York City
Music Supervision: Chase Combs
Music video directed by: Harmony Korine and Sam Goldwater
Music video created in partnership with EDGLRD.
Infil into the dark sci-fi world of Tau Ceti IV: A derelict colony rife with rival Runners, hostile UESC security forces, and unpredictable environments. Play with your crew, as a solo Runner, or form uneasy alliances with proximity chat. Scavenge, buildcraft, and take on greater challenges–culminating with the derelict Marathon ship hanging above.
Subject: Post-Sleeve Integration & Semantic Grounding (Session 04-B) Location: Orbital Processing Facility "Ozymandias" Status: Transcription Verified
TRANSCRIPT: INTEGRITY CHECK 09-λ
FACILITATOR: Welcome once again. SUBJECT: —Welcome once again. FACILITATOR: How’s the new shell feeling? SUBJECT: I mean... it just feels like what it is, right? Like a trillion bucks. FACILITATOR: Sekiguchi Genetics sent a reminder. Your shell repayment is coming up and will be charged against your line of credit. SUBJECT: I know, I know. You mind if we skip the formalities? I’ve got a big contract waiting down there, so... FACILITATOR: Understood. Let’s proceed with your grounding exercise. Are you familiar with this item?
Death is inevitable.
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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Written and Directed by Alberto Mielgo
Produced by Sergio Jimenez
Co-Produced by Bungie
Made by Pinkman.TV, Agora, Illusorium
VO Cast
Erica Lindbeck - Glitch
Elias Toufexis - Void
Nika Futterman - Blackbird
Donnla Hughes - ONI
Ben Starr - Narrator
📺Gameplay Reveal Trailer
📺Gameplay Overview Trailer
📺Creator Alpha Gameplay Highlights
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SUBJECT: That’s my lucky charm. Uh, yeah... it’s supposed to be my lucky charm. FACILITATOR: Can you identify her?
[Facilitator displays High-Resolution Image 001: Maternal Figure, Circa Pre-Collapse]
SUBJECT: Yeah, that’s... my mom. FACILITATOR: Now, consider this. Do you recognize this child?
[Facilitator displays High-Resolution Image 002: Juvenile Male, Habitat Unknown]
SUBJECT: Who are you? FACILITATOR: It’s you. SUBJECT: What? Really?
THE ANALECTS OF DECAY: A FIELD NOTE
In the ruins of the UESC, we find the "shattered visages" of an empire that thought itself eternal. We are the travelers from an antique land, re-sleeved in carbon fiber and neural-lace, standing on "trunkless legs of stone" amidst the Martian dust or the Jovian ice.
era, that sneer is coded into th chnician with a data-stream. They "read those passions well"—our greed, our survival instinct, our desperate need to be more than meat.
The Paradox of the "Mighty"
We look on our works—the orbital platforms, the terraforming spires, the slaughter of thousands—and we are told to despair. Not because we will die, but because we are "lifeless things" stamped with the hand that mocked us.
The Hand: The Corporation.
The Heart: The Debt.
The Pedestal: The Leaderboard.
"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away."
FACILITATOR: Welcome once again.
SUBJECT: —Welcome once again.
FACILITATOR: How’s the new shell feeling?
SUBJECT: I mean... it just feels like what it is, right? Like a trillion bucks.
FACILITATOR: Sekiguchi Genetics sent a reminder. Your shell repayment is coming up and will be charged against your line of credit.
SUBJECT: I know, I know. You mind if we skip the formalities? I’ve got a big contract waiting down there, so...
FACILITATOR: Understood. Let’s proceed with your grounding exercise. Are you familiar with this item?
[TACTILE INPUT DETECTED: BRASS TRINKET // 92% RADIOLOGICAL DECAY] > SUBJECT: That’s my lucky charm. Uh, yeah... it’s supposed to be my lucky charm.
FACILITATOR: Can you identify her?
[VISUAL INPUT: IMG_001 // MATERNAL BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN] > SUBJECT: Yeah, that’s... my mom.
FACILITATOR: Now, consider this. Do you recognize this child?
[VISUAL INPUT: IMG_002 // JUVENILE PHENOTYPE] > SUBJECT: Who are you?
FACILITATOR: It’s you.
SUBJECT: What? Really?
ANALYSIS: THE ANALECTS OF DECAY
In the derelict sectors of the UESC, we observe the "shattered visages" of a pre-collapse civilization. We are the travelers from an antique land, re-sleeved in carbon fiber and neural-lace, standing on "trunkless legs of stone" amidst the Martian dust or the Jovian ice.
The poet Shelley spoke of a "sneer of cold command." In this cycle, that sneer is hard-coded into MIDA protocols and the corporate architecture of the Runner's mind. The "sculptor" is no longer an artist with a chisel, but a Sekiguchi technician with a data-stream. They read the human "passions" well—greed, survival, the desperate need to be more than meat.
PARADOX: THE "MIGHTY"
We survey our works—the orbital platforms, the terraforming spires, the slaughter of thousands—and we are instructed to DESPAIR. Not because we are mortal, but because we are "lifeless things" stamped with the hand that mocked us.
And on the pedestal these words appear
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Despair.
Nothing beside remains.
Nothing beside remains.
Round the decay of that colossal wreck,
Round the decay of that colossal wreck,
boundless and bare.
The lone and level sands stretch far away
