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Marathon: Durandal wins E3 "Best Download-Only Game"

New York -- Monday July 23, 2007 -- IGN (www.ign.com) awards Marathon: Durandal with "Best Download-Only Game" of E3 2007.

http://games.ign.com/articles/806/806770p5.html

"Bungie and Halo, the two go hand-in-hand with each other nowadays. But there was a time when Bungie was known for a smaller, niche first-person shooter that was only available for Microsoft's biggest rival, the Macintosh computer. The series was known as Marathon and spawned three games in all, each of which contained new twists on the then newly anointed FPS genre. Little did we know that Marathon would be the precursor to one of the best-selling series in entertainment history.

Now, Microsoft is giving gamers a chance to take a look back at one of Bungie's first masterpieces in the form of Marathon: Durandal. The game has been taken into the high-definition generation with retooled visuals, a control scheme that is perfectly fit to the Xbox 360 controller, and features tons of inspirations for the greatness that would eventually manifest itself into Halo. The Xbox Live Arcade version will bring the same single player adventure that Mac users got to enjoy way back in 1994, as well as four-player split-screen, and eight player online deathmatches. Start saving towards 800 Microsoft points, Marathon: Durandal is going to be a must-have title when it's released later this year."

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