Marathon’s release date might have leaked (confirmed)

Update: Bungie has since confirmed that the release date for Marathon is indeed March 5, 2026. Original story below.

We’ve known for a while that Marathon was planned for March, given the post below, shared publicly in December. But now we may have an exact launch day, so whether you’re excited, hopeful, or even fearful for Bungie’s latest title, you won’t have too much longer to wait.

Earlier today, a trailer on the Xbox Store revealed the potential release date: March 5, 2026. Redditor TheJuiceBaba was the first to uncover this info from the trailer, according to IGN, who also shared the news on X.

And while Marathon hasn’t had the smoothest development roadmap, it looks like at least a few people are quite excited to see what Bungie’s been up to since the last public playtest. It’s also quite close to the next Destiny 2 expansion, Shadow & Order, which is slated for a release sometime early 2026.

It’s difficult to figure out whether this is the actual release date, since it could have been an earlier iteration of the video that wasn’t supposed to go out to the public. That release date may have changed since, so we can’t make any hard bets for the moment.

Either that, or the upload itself was the error, and it has indeed revealed the day we can tuck into Marathon in earnest.

Whatever the case, we’ll just have to wait for official news from Bungie before making any set plans. Like, if you’re thinking of a leave day for Marathon’s launch (are any of you that excited?), maybe don’t put in that request just yet.

Fingers crossed we get an official release date real soon.