Marathon's Baton Pass: New Leaders Take Reins as Player Counts Plummet
Marathon's game director Joe Ziegler is leaving Bungie on July 17, handing leadership to assistant game director Del Chafe III to guide the extraction shooter forward alongside creative director Julia Nardin. The move comes amid a broader Bungie leadership shake-up after mass layoffs and a continued decline in Marathon’s player base, which hit a low around 2,030 players on Steam, with a PvE mode not expected until fall as Sony remains committed to the project.