Watch: Amazing Cinematic Sci-Fi Short for Bungie's 'Marathon' Game

"What's that you're always tuned into? Worth anything?" Whoa! Video game studio Bungie released this 8-minute sci-fi short as promotion for their newest game Marathon (out in September). This new 2025 version of Marathon is actually a reboot of a classic 90s video game also called Marathon - one of the first shooter games Bungie ever made, released on Mac OS in 1995. This latest update is a "team-based extraction shooter." This cinematic short film isn't representing the exact gameplay - it's created by acclaimed Spanish animation filmmaker Alberto Mielgo, who won an Academy Award for 2022's The Windshield Wiper. This cinematic short features the voices of Erica Lindbeck as Glitch, Elias Toufexis as Void, Nika Futterman as Blackbird, Donnla Hughes as ONI, and Ben Starr as the Narrator. Very cool to see Bungie let Alberto play around and come up with something unique & fun with these characters. It definitely got my attention. Thanks to Catsuka for the tip on this short film. Here's the brief intro to the cinematic short via YouTube: "Death is inevitable. ☠ From the creators of Halo and Destiny comes Marathon, a team-based extraction shooter. Choose your Runner and scavenge the lost colony of […]

Apr 14, 2025 - 22:08

Watch: Amazing Cinematic Sci-Fi Short for Bungie's 'Marathon' Game

"What's that you're always tuned into? Worth anything?" Whoa! Video game studio Bungie released this 8-minute sci-fi short as promotion for their newest game Marathon (out in September). This new 2025 version of Marathon is actually a reboot of a classic 90s video game also called Marathon - one of the first shooter games Bungie ever made, released on Mac OS in 1995. This latest update is a "team-based extraction shooter." This cinematic short film isn't representing the exact gameplay - it's created by acclaimed Spanish animation filmmaker Alberto Mielgo, who won an Academy Award for 2022's The Windshield Wiper. This cinematic short features the voices of Erica Lindbeck as Glitch, Elias Toufexis as Void, Nika Futterman as Blackbird, Donnla Hughes as ONI, and Ben Starr as the Narrator. Very cool to see Bungie let Alberto play around and come up with something unique & fun with these characters. It definitely got my attention. // Continue Reading ›