Mac Gaming News - Marathon Fans Rejoice! Rubicon Is Here

by , 1:00 PM EST, February 8th, 2001

Bungie's Marathon series, still one of the most popular Macintosh games of all time, has just received a kick start with the announcement of Marathon Rubicon. Marathon Rubicon is a new scenario featuring new characters, weapons, textures, and levels. According to Marathon Rubicon:

With the advent of Marathon Infinity, Bungie's comprehensivecontent-creation tools for the engine were released. Scenario makerseverywhere rejoiced, and highly motivated artists began constructing customscenarios of scales that eclipsed even Bungie's original games.

Enter Rubicon.

Four years in the making, Rubicon is the largest Marathon scenario projectever created. To give some sense of the magnitude of this scenario, Rubiconfeatures:

• 360+ new textures
• Over a dozen new characters
• Tons of new scenery
• 8 new weapons
• More solo levels than any other Marathon scenario to date

...all wrapped into a nonlinear plotline that can be traversed in any numberof ways, featuring different endings based upon a player's choices over thecourse of the game. Randy Reddig, the texture artist and a mapmaker forBungie's original Marathon Infinity, called Rubicon's visuals "...the nicestI've ever seen come out of Marathon." If you've played any Marathon game,Rubicon will reignite your love for the series.

Marathon Rubicon is currently in the beta testing phase, and will be available for free once it is complete. You can find more information at the Marathon Rubicon Web site.

The Mac Observer Spin:

Marathon is one of those games that never grows old, and the strong community that has developed around it lead to releases like Rubicon. This is welcome news for gamers everywhere.

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