Bungie has now issued a studio update after Destiny 2 shut down this summer and triggered a massive wave of layoffs, and it requires help from Marathon. The sci-fi shooter saw middling reception despite strong reviews when it launched in March. Bungie knows it, but it deserves to be saved – for the sake of Bungie’s live-service games and the developer itself.

Acknowledging that the game “did not reach as many players as we had hoped,” Bungie insists it will push Marathon through “evolution” in a new blog post and matching YouTube video you can watch above. Mainly, the developer wants to break down some of Marathon’s genre constraints to give it wider appeal as a survival experience.

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