Bungie says it will reveal the upcoming sci-fi extraction shooter’s new release date in the fall

Bungie announced that Marathon, the Destiny studio’s next big video game, has been delayed and will no longer be launching in September. The company gave no new release date but promised to add features and make several changes that players requested after Marathon’s alpha test earlier this year.

On June 17, Bungie’s Marathon development team confirmed that the sci-fi FPS would not launch on September 23, citing feedback it received from the alpha. Many players found that alpha to be underwhelming, hard to play solo, lacking the tension seen in other extraction shooters, and not feeling like a part of the existing Marathon franchise that Bungie created back in the 1990s.

“Through every comment and real-time conversation on social media and Discord, your voice has been strong and clear,” said Bungie in a post on its website. “We’ve taken this to heart, and we know we need more time to craft Marathon into the game that truly reflects your passion. After much discussion within our Dev team, we’ve made the decision to delay the September 23rd release.”

Kotaku has contacted Sony and Bungie about the delay.

In the post on Bungie’s official site, the dev team says it has a few key areas it is focusing on immediately, including making NPC enemies more “challenging and engaging” and improving Marathon’s “visual fidelity.” The team also plans to add proximity chat, a highly requested feature that exists in most other popular extraction shooters but wasn’t going to be included in Marathon.