Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux

Good.

Fuck. Bungie.

The good thing here is this plagiarising piece of trash is likely to fail miserably.

I wouldn't be surprised actually if, out of desperation, they enabled Linux support for the brownie points.

I prefer to spend my money on Antireal desk mats which are officially commissioned and not in this anti-Linux and full-on-theft company

Quoting: PaldinoXit's highlighting a big game release that probably won't work for us.

So it's more like taunting than informing, lol. Now I think it's even more odd. ;-)

On the upside, one can play the original trilogy, including multiplayer, via the native aleph one open source engine.

Last edited by emphy on 21 Jan 2026 at 6:25 am UTC

Quoting: pb

Quoting: PaldinoXit's highlighting a big game release that probably won't work for us.

So it's more like taunting than informing, lol. Now I think it's even more odd. ;-)

The only odd thing here is you.

I find this news very useful. I didn't even knew Bungie is releasing new game. Now I know it exists, it's a genre I don't like and it will not be running on linux.

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

Quoting: XpanderPeople still pre-order games?
That's quite a shame tbh to give money without having a product for couple of months. You will not be able to refund then afaik.

I pre-ordered Digimon Story Time Stranger based on two factors: Cyber Sleuth was awesome and the demo for TS was awesome. When a team I know will make a good product is working on a product I know I will love... I don't see why I wouldn't pre-order it.

Though on Steam (at least) you can just refund it if it turns out not to meet expectations (so long as you play less than 2 hours and ask for the refund within 2 weeks after launch).

Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

Hmmm... Concord? That's not a joke, that was a rather expensive project made with former Bungie devs.
Maybe the better answer is that clearly, management don't have the ability to recognize "talent" in general, so don't be surprised if the talented people happen to be "made redundant" or "replaced by AI" or who knows.

Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

If we're talking the og Marathon, Myth, Halo, Oni ... the vast majority of those hyper talented people are either retired or dead. There are still a few I think related to some modern companies but not a lot. I don't even know if any originals are at 343 anymore.

The Microsoft acquisition (and then after that all the other garbage stuff with netease and sony etc) pretty much destroyed the company. There was no going back after the mass exodus from that era / layoffs.

Bungie just continues to not want my money. The absolute hundreds I'd have spent on Destiny 2 by now if they'd just ticked the "Linux on BattleEye" box.

Bizarre, but I've come to terms with their attitude now and I've had their creator page ignored for quite some time.

Feel feel to "ignore creator" with me by visiting their page and hitting the settings cog at the top right. It's quite cathartic!

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Bungie

Quoting: Jarmer

Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

If we're talking the og Marathon, Myth, Halo, Oni ... the vast majority of those hyper talented people are either retired or dead. There are still a few I think related to some modern companies but not a lot. I don't even know if any originals are at 343 anymore.

The Microsoft acquisition (and then after that all the other garbage stuff with netease and sony etc) pretty much destroyed the company. There was no going back after the mass exodus from that era / layoffs.

Makes me feel old to realize that game developers from when I was young are probably mostly retired. Actually, it doesn't just make me feel old, it impresses on me how old the idea of personal computers is now.

Quoting: pb

Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

Oddness is a virtue, wear it like a crown! (or [teacup](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16002008-odd-duck) )