Marathon's "Rook" Class Spurs Player Alliances, Challenges Genre Norms

How Marathon's new Rook class is making players team up in hostile environments. Learn why this changes the extraction shooter game.

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https://newsletter.tf/marathon-rook-class-player-alliances-extraction-shooter/

New 'Rook' class in Marathon is causing players to form alliances, a big change for the extraction shooter genre. This is different from how players usually play.

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https://newsletter.tf/marathon-rook-class-player-alliances-extraction-shooter/

Arc Raiders alza ancora la tensione con Flashpoint: Embark vuole un mondo dove nessuno si senta davvero al sicuro

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2026/04/arc-raiders-flashpoint-pericolo-pvp-pve/

Yeah, I don't think #Marathon is going to survive.

The game bleeds 5K gamers each week, currently 30K average.

It sold 1.2M copies, but for the development cost, I don't think #Bungie will stay past the first expansion, unless they can pull out a Realm Reborn (they won't).

It's obvious that Sony will push #Destiny3 into the studio given this failure.

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ARC Raiders just launched the major Flashpoint update and it includes a whole bunch of new content, along with long-requested additions.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-flashpoint-update-for-arc-raiders-has-lots-of-the-good-stuff/

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People get really angry 🧂 in video games. This guy pulled all the slurs he knew and wished ill upon my mother. #arcraiders #pvp #extractionshooter #tarkov

https://youtube.com/shorts/RyfstnENpTw

Well, the guys at #InsideGames took a page of the #Marathon 1.2M copies article.

Is it really a flop?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFbxC2C7h9g

On average, each copy returns $30 to Sony. If the rumored $250M investment is true, they require over 8M copies to sell to "break even", without microtransactions.

We will see what happens in the coming months if #Sony doubles down, or goes full ahead to #Destiny3.

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Yeah... I don't think 1.2M copies of #Marathon across the board is going to appease Sony overlords next quarterly results.

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/marathon-sold-just-1-2-million-copies-with-nearly-70-percent-on-steam-analyst-estimates-it-hasnt-exactly-made-the-splash-sony-and-bungie-wanted/

#ArcRaiders sold ten times that.

My guess? If they don't pull a massive "Realm Reborn" and fire sale soon, people is going to forget about the game.

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Seems that #Marathon has found its players and 50K is going to be their ceiling.

I don't know it #Sony is going to take that as a win or a failure, but given how much they poured into #Bungie for this game, I guess the latter.

Games like #ArcRaiders and #Helldivers2 are still going strong, and #CrimsonDesert has 200K players.

Should they stay funding Marathon?

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