When I played Gestalt: Steam & Cinder during Steam Next Fest last year, I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into. I was just interested in trying out every Metroidvania and this fell into that category. When I tell you that I fell in love with the demo of this game, it ended up being my most anticipated Metroidvania of 2024. Developed by Metamorphosis Games, published by Fireshine Games and executive produced by gaming personalities Jesse Cox and Dodger, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder is experienced through the eyes of Aletheia, a strong and powerful woman, an elite mercenary of the Steam City of Canaan, with a take on the art style of retro gaming we all grew to love and an all-new adventure inspired by classic Metroidvanias and action-RPGs.
Bungie's original landmark FPS Marathon is now free on Steam
10.05.2024 - 16:35 / rockpapershotgun.com / Ios
Halo and Destiny developers Bungie have released their classic shooter Marathon for free on Steam, with sequels Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity to follow. The Steam ports are the work of the celebrated Aleph One community developers, who've kept Bungie's old Marathon 2 game engine going as an open source project - and who still have PC ports of all three games available on their own site, if you'd rather not truck with Steam.
The original Marathon launched in December 1994 for the Apple Macintosh, loveliest of computing families. While perhaps not as venerated as fellow millennial shooters DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D (no fistfights in the comments, please), it was a technical showcase that has had a huge influence on later FPS games. You can still catch its reflection in the storytelling and combat of the later Halos and even Destiny. The new Steam version is offers optional widescreen HUD support, positional audio and 60+ fps interpolation, amongst other whizbangs, but is otherwise a straight reproduction.
Bungie are currently creating a new version of Marathon, which is rather less faithful to the older games. It's a PvP-focused looter-shooter with no singleplayer campaign. "It's not a direct sequel to the originals, but something that certainly belongs in the same universe and that feels like a Bungie game," game director Christopher Barrett (who joined Bungie in 1999) explained during the announcement festivities last year. "Finding those opportunities to nod to the universe's lore, while also getting to build something different and new has been one of the best parts of developing this game so far."
Nu-Marathon appears to be a troubled project - it was pushed back to 2025 last October, with former Valorant director Joe Ziegler replacing Barrett as game director this March. Bungie in general are in a tough spot, with layoffs last year and the reported threat of a full Sony takeover if Destiny 2's forthcoming Final Shape expansion is a disappointment.
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Classic Marathon Trilogy is Coming to Steam, First Game Out Now
Bungie has announced that it is teaming up with the Aleph One community to bring its classic shooter franchise Marathon to Steam. Kicking things off with the first Marathon, games in the series will be coming to Steam over time. All three games on Steam will be free.
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Classic Marathon is free on Steam
Bungie’s 1994 Classic Marathon is now free to download from Steam, thanks to the fan development team Aleph One Developers. Marathon released all the way back in 1994, an early compatriot to Doom that was a Mac exclusive before spreading to PC with its sequel. It had a story focused on AI, time travel, and aliens, which laid the influential groundwork for Bungie’s Halo series.
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Bungie’s classic Marathon games are coming to Steam for free
The original Marathon games from Bungie are coming to Steam, and will be available to download for free, the developer behind Destiny 2 announced Friday. The first game in the first-person shooter franchise is available now in the form of Classic Marathon. Sequels Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are listed as “coming soon” on Steam.
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Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep are now free to play
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Honkai: Star Rail Leaks New Mode With Free Character Reward
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