Bungie Developer Denies Marathon and Destiny IP Merger Leak
The claim that Bungie would fold Marathon and Destiny together circulated unchecked on message boards, and a named developer moved to close it before it hardened into accepted fact.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Julia Nardin, a creative director on Marathon who has worked on both Marathon and Destiny, said on X that a "leak" claiming the two IPs will be merged is false information. She said the two share much of Bungie's DNA but remain separate. The rumor spread from overseas message boards and Reddit after Destiny 2's development ended in June.
The rumor traveled from overseas message boards to Reddit before anyone with a title at Bungie addressed it. Julia Nardin, who has worked on both Marathon and Destiny and is a creative director on Marathon, posted on X that the claim of a merger is false information. Her wording acknowledged the two properties share much of Bungie's DNA while describing them as separate. She closed by telling readers not to take what they see online at face value.
The timing explains the noise. Destiny 2 ended development in June, and Marathon drew a wave of negative reviews afterward, including posts saying the studio killed Destiny 2 for Marathon's sake.
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