Demo Night VI
by Drew Sikora

Contents   Introduction   Frontlines: Fuel of War   Blackwell Unbound   U.B. Funkeys   Marathon: Durandal   Casablanca   Dogfights   Conclusion   Printable version   Discuss this article

Marathon: Durandal

Okay, now on to the classic remake, in this case the Bungie game that made Mac gaming cool for a time - Marathon. Freeverse got their hands on the license and ran with it, taking the game to XBox Live all dollied up and HD'd. However don't get to thinking that HD means the graphics are all modern and spiffy. Heck no, it just means you get to enjoy Marathon on a huge screen! The Doom-style graphics are still in effect, and the gameplay is similar, with a few additions of course. A good chunk of the dev team was present and they took some Q&A after showing off the game for a bit.

Game Data

Marathon: Durandal is a remake of Bungie's classic Marathon 2 Xbox Live Arcade. Before there was Halo there was Marathon. Now the entire game has been re-done in HD graphics and revamped for the Xbox 360.

Company: Freeverse, Inc
Platform: Xbox 360
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Dev Time (calendar): 12 Months
Team Size (full time): 6
Team Size (total): 14
Budget: $300,000
Fun Fact: Marathon: Durandal was awarded IGN's Best of Show 2007 for Best Download-Only Game

Video Coverage

Casablanca