Hours before its open preview weekend, Marathon is suddenly very close to the top of Steam's top sellers list

There's a lot riding on Marathon, potentially even the fate of legendary developer Bungie given the current state of Destiny, which has been carrying the studio's baton for years. Now it's time to pass the burden onto Marathon, I guess, while the studio figures out what it's doing with Destiny going forward.

After divisive playtests last year, and looking not great while going head-to-head with Arc Raiders, Bungie returned to the drawing board. Naturally, this has led to a lot of scepticism...