Marathon release date announced, open weekend incoming, and free cosmetics for Destiny 2 players

Marathon, Bungie’s controversial extraction shooter, is officially releasing on March 5, the studio confirmed today. The dev team also promised an upcoming open preview weekend, though no dates are set. And if you’re a Destiny 2 player, you also get a few cosmetics for free—Marathon not required.

Though the game’s release month has been public knowledge since last December, we now know it’s releasing at the beginning of the month, rather than at the end. Today’s announcement also confirmed the price tag of $39.99—equal to meteoric extraction shooter Arc Raiders. It will be available on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Bungie has ramped up news about its newest project since the end of 2025, with the debut of a visual documentary (ViDoc) touching on the changes in the game’s vision. Last week, another video showcased Marathon‘s playable characters, the “Runner Shells.” Some provide unique gameplay opportunities, like Rook, but others seem to have elements lifted straight from Destiny 2.

If you can’t wait for March 5 or are still on the fence about trying Marathon, Bungie confirmed there will be an upcoming open weekend ahead of the game’s release, though it did not present a date. Fingers crossed it’s not the weekend of Feb. 27, when Resident Evil Requiem releases.

And while there’s a considerable amount of Destiny 2 in Marathon (such as the Destroyer Shell’s entire ability kit), Bungie is giving out free cosmetic goodies in the looter shooter to celebrate the new venture.

Starting tomorrow, Destiny 2 players can collect three new Marathon-inspired items: An ornament for MIDA Multi-Tool, a lime green shader, and an Exotic multiplayer emote. They will be available for all players as a free bundle, just like some pieces of the Mass Effect collab. That said, promotional art also showcases other yet-unseen items, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see more cosmetics for Silver in the Eververse store.

Though the official date reveal warms players up for Marathon, its plagiarism scandal with artist ANTIREAL is bound to be an indelible blemish on the studio’s record. The two resolved the dispute, but the damage to its reputation is done—in the same way that Destiny 2 might still be “the game that deleted paid content,” depending on who you ask.

Marathon‘s March 5 release date may be close to Destiny 2‘s next major update, Shadow and Order, which is bound to release around that month based on its promised content schedule.

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The first week of the Team of the Year promo is about to be over, and the TOTY Honourable Mentions items will be available soon in FC 26 Ultimate Team.

The Honourable Mentions items will be special cards of footballers who missed out on the TOTY starters. However, EA Sports will be releasing special cards for these players via packs. Let’s look at all the leaks that have appeared so far on social media, followed by when the cards will be available in packs.

All FC 26 TOTY Honourable Mentions players

So far, a few Honourable Mentions players are already available in Ultimate Team. These cards were released as part of SBCs and objectives. However, the whole HM team will be added to packs, and here are the cards that have leaked on social media.

• Mohamed Salah
• Marc Guehi
• David Raya
• Denzel Dumfries
• Pacho
• Marquinhos
• Luis Diaz

More names are expected to be leaked once we get close to the launch date. Unlike the starter team, Honourable Mentions will all be added at the same time to packs. There could also be more cards appearing as SBCs and objectives in the days to follow.

FC 26 TOTY Honourable Mentions release countdown

The Honourable Mentions will be in packs along with the full starting lineups. The following countdown will expire once the cards are in packs. All Honourable Mentions from packs will be available for a week starting Friday, Jan. 23.

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The countdown is based on the following timings.

• 10am PT
• 12pm CT
• 1pm ET
• 6pm UTC
• 7pm CET

This is the usual schedule that’s followed by EA Sports when it comes to new promos. It will be interesting to find out which cards eventually make it to the official list.

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