Release Dates
Last polygon filled 6:05 PM Saturday, December 14.
Last polygon filled 6:05 PM Saturday, December 14.
This section is designed to list the release dates and other significant dates in the life of the Marathon series, including Pathways Into Darkness. Dates are given correct to the nearest day where known. Supporting evidence (press releases, newsletters, usenet posts, etc.) is also provided where possible.
| May, 1991 | Bungie Software Products Corporation founded. |
| June, 1991 | Operation: Desert Storm released. |
| Feb, 1992 | Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete released. |
| Jul 7, 1993 | The Pathways into Darkness demo (vA1) becomes available to download from America OnLine. |
| Aug 3, 1993 | Bungie begins selling Pathways Into Darkness at Boston Macworld, 350 copies sold out of 500 copies on sale at the show. |
| Jan 5, 1994 | Bungie show their upcoming game (code-named Marathon) at the San Francisco Macworld Expo. |
| Mar 14, 1994 | Bungie announces a PowerPC version of Pathways Into Darkness. |
| Apr 7, 1994 | The PowerPC version of the demo becomes available to download from America OnLine. The download included a v1.1 to v2.0 updater for the full game. |
| Jul 25, 1994 | Bungie announces Marathon. |
| Aug 2, 1994 | Bungie unveils Marathon at Boston Macworld. |
| Sep 19, 1994 | Bungie announces Marathon... AGAIN! |
| Sep 22, 1994 | Bungie uploads a collage of Marathon screenshots to the Mac Games library on America OnLine. The Collage also came with two press releases. One dated September 19, 1994 and the other September 22, 1994. |
| Nov 23, 1994 | Marathon Demo released. |
| Dec 17, 1994 | Last polygon filled. It wasn't Dec 14, 1994. The proof. |
| Dec 21, 1994 | Marathon ships. |
| Apr 20, 1995 | Bungie announces the Marathon CD. |
| Jul 19, 1995 | Bungie announces Marathon 2: Durandal. It was actual announced one day earlier by Power Computing when they announced The Disc. |
| Aug 8, 1995 | Bungie unveils Marathon 2: Durandal at Boston Macworld '95. |
| Aug 8, 1995 | Power Computing distribute The Disc containing the Marathon 2: Durandal Preview at Boston Macworld '95. |
| Oct 12, 1995 | Marathon 2: Durandal Demo released. |
| Nov 10, 1995 | The first copy of Marathon 2: Durandal rolls off the production line. |
| Nov 21, 1995 | Marathon 2: Durandal ships. The official release date for Marathon 2 was November 30, but Cyberian Outpost received copies on November 21 and began shipping. |
| Feb 22, 1996 | Bungie announces Marathon Infinity and Greg Kirkpatrick is doing it. |
| Mar 30, 1996 | Bungie announces that Marathon 2: Durandal to be ported to Windows 95. |
| May 16, 1996 | Bungie unveils Marathon Infinity at the 2nd annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. |
| Jul 31, 1996 | Marathon 2: Durandal for Windows 95 Demo released. |
| Aug 10, 1996 | Marathon Infinity Demo released. |
| Sep 6, 1996 | Marathon 2: Durandal for Windows 95 ships. |
| Sep 17, 1996 | Marathon Infinity goes Gold Master and The End is written. |
| Oct 15, 1996 | Marathon Infinity ships. Confirmed in the first Bungie Newsletter. Note that while the official shipping date was Oct 15 there were reports of some stores having copies as early as Oct 12. |
| Mar 21, 1997 | Bungie announces Marathon Trilogy Box Set. |
| May 1, 1997 | The original shipping date for Marathon Trilogy Box Set was May 1, 1997 but it got delayed by about two weeks. |
| Oct 27, 1998 | Bungie is ranked 101 in the top 500 fastest growing private companies in the United States. |
| Jul 1, 1999 | Bungie announces the Mac Action Sack. Order it today. |
| Jul 21, 1999 | Bungie releases the Mac Action Sack at the Macworld Expo in New York City. |
| Jul 21, 1999 | Bungie announces Halo at the Macworld Expo in New York City. |
| Jan 17, 2000 | Bungie releases the Marathon 2: Durandal source code. |
| Jun 19, 2000 | Microsoft acquires Bungie. Dear Fans letter from Alex and Jason. Bungie's FAQ on the acquisition. |
| Jul 10, 2007 | Microsoft announces at E3 that Freeverse are working on Marathon: Durandal for Xbox Live Arcade. |
| Aug 1, 2007 | Marathon: Durandal released for Xbox Live Arcade. |
| Jun 17, 2008 | Freeverse announces the "Jjaro Map Pack" a downloadable content pack for Marathon: Durandal. |
| Jul 1, 2011 | Bungie releases the Marathon Infinity source code. |
| Jul 7, 2011 | Marathon for iOS is released on the App Store by Soli Deo Gloria Productions, LLC. |
| Dec 14, 2011 | Marathon 2: Durandal for iOS is released on the App Store by Soli Deo Gloria Productions, LLC. |
| May 30, 2012 | Marathon Infinity for iOS is released on the App Store by Soli Deo Gloria Productions, LLC. |
| Apr 9, 2013 | Pathways Into Darkness for Mac OS X is released on the Mac App Store by Man Up Time Studios. |
| Jan 5, 2014 | Aleph One 1.1 (Marathon Open Source) is released featuring compatibility with the original Marathon files. |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Sony Interactive Entertainment to acquire Bungie, Inc. |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Sony Interactive Entertainment acquires Bungie, Inc. |