Marathon (2026) video game

Published June 21, 2026

Marathon is a first person PvPvE extraction shooter developed and published by Bungie, their first major live-service title since 2017’s Destiny 2. After a few speed bumps and an indefinite delay, the game was released on March 5th of 2026.

Set in the year 2983, you play as a Runner; disposable mercenaries who have given up their human body in favor of artificial “shells” with unique powers of their own. After a colony ship known as the UESC Marathon mysteriously went dark over the years, many of its corporations who have a stake in the ship would hire Runners to infiltrate what’s left of the colony, fight and retrieve valuable resources.

Dubbed by Bungie as “graphic-realism”, the game’s art style can be best described as a Designers’ Republic fan’s wet-dream. High contrast, bold colors, strong brutalist shapes and much more, it is undoubtedly one of the most bold looking triple A games of its kind that visually can only rival a few indie games.

KH Interference is Marathon’s primary typeface for headlines and display, using its Regular and Light weights. Its practically a brand typeface now with how much it is used even outside of the game. A custom version of Shapiro Wide 65 as its second heading font. Its most noticeable changes include the serif for capital I, curved leg for capital R and serif for 1. Its third heading font is IvyPresto Headline Regular, which is only used in-game. Fraktion Mono Regular and Medium is used for body text.

Since this game uses so many typefaces outside of just the UI, I might have to create a separate page cataloguing all of the fonts.

Lobby screen as of Season 2. Don’t mind the broken tab at the top, because some games still do not know how to support 16:10.

The “Shells” menu, where players can choose different shells with their own special abilities

An overview page for one of the many featured megaorganizations in this game, CyberAcme

In-game HUD

A successful exfiltration

Viewing collected intel from the Codex. Amusingly, the scrolling text does not use the modified Shapiro Wide.

Bonus rewards after completing a few contracts

Battle pass

Unlocking a new weapon skin

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