Marathon secret hunters hit their first gold mine: Spooky terminals, a hidden website, and a Durandal audio log

Marathon secret hunters hit their first gold mine: Spooky terminals, a hidden website, and a Durandal audio log | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these FPS Marathon UI designer declares himself the ‘fontslop merchant’ and promises Bungie will never ‘remove the SAUCE from the UI’ FPS The Marathon server slam consumed my weekend: 21 hours later, I’ve gone from ‘meh’ to believer Resident Evil Resident Evil Requiem’s The Final Puzzle may be the most convoluted challenge to grace Capcom’s series, and no one’s figured out the answer yet FPS Is Marathon’s time-to-kill too fast, or am I too Arc Raiders-pilled? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter If there was any doubt that Marathon would be Bungie’s new canvas for community puzzles and ARGs, let it go, because the community has already stumbled into a doozy. Terminals linked to Marathon (the ship) on Perimeter have suddenly awoken, and they’re pointing toward a spooky audio log seemingly left by Durandal, the rampant AI from the original Marathon series.These terminals, as far as I can tell so far, are sharing scraps of info about the Cryo Archive, the upcoming fourth map that’s supposedly similar to a Destiny raid. As shared by Reddit user Ok_Fold_1268 (and others), terminals that were previously inoperable on certain compounds in Perimeter now display a map marker that points toward a second terminal.I took a Rook shell into Perimeter and followed the clue shared by Ok_Fold. In the back hallways of the main South Relay building, I found this first terminal with the insignia of the Marathon ship. It was making a distinct clicking sound, almost like a fax machine. You may like Marathon’s creative director says Bungie ‘wanted to push the boundaries of what an extraction shooter can do with its story’ as it goes head to head with Arc Raiders’ evolving world You’re safe: Buying Marathon on Steam no longer downloads Destiny 2 automatically Marathon: Everything we know about Bungie’s sci-fi extraction shooter The map on screen points toward a spot in the middle of Data Wall. It’s a fairly direct route from South Relay: down the green hatch outside Relay, through Tunnels until it spits out into the outside of Data Wall. Head in, go up a level or two, and look for this secluded, dark hallway not far from Hauler.In the crevice is another terminal, this one playing a looping security feed of what appears to be the Cryo Archive on the Marathon ship. Speaking over the footage is who players believe to be Durandal, the rampant AI. He says the following:”What do you do when faced with something you cannot understand? When your mind is screaming at you to run? You r