What do Marathon and The Lord of the Rings have to do with each other? PvPvE gameplay, apparently
There's more in common than you'd think.
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Home News Marathon What do Marathon and The Lord of the Rings have to do with each other? PvPvE gameplay, apparently I would have gone with you to the end, into the very swamps of Dire Marsh Image credit: Bungie <img alt="Oisin Kuhnke avatar" src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/me-(1).jpg?width=2048&height=2048&fit=bounds&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" style="aspect-ratio: 1" width="400" height="400" > News by Oisin Kuhnke Contributor Published on April 28, 2026 5 comments Follow Marathon Marathon and The Lord of the Rings are diametrically opposed narratively, aesthetically, and functionally, yet they have been paired together to underscore a point about the former's relationship to PvPvE gameplay.
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