Traumnovelle
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In 2012 due to the West/Zampella trial against Activision, documents revealed not only Activision's dealings with Infinity Ward but also Bungie. Apparently a prototype for a new Marathon game was being developed and it would increase in resources depending on the success of Destiny. Destiny was a huge success but I haven't heard anything about this Marathon project since and a bunch of high profile people have left Bungie, some which seem to have been working on a non Destiny project like Marcus Lehto.
The Marathon franchise is my favorite thing done by Bungie and I would love to see a return to it (even if it doesn't have the writing of the great Greg Kirkpatrick). I'd imagine it would be an atmospheric single-player focused game which seems less and less trendy these days.
While I like Destiny, I'd hate for Bungie to be stuck with a single franchise for a decade like it was with Halo. I was optimistic after they left Microsoft (which cancelled non Halo projects like Phoenix) that they would move on to a variety of new things and now it doesn't really look like that. Bungie has upwards of 750 employees, making it one of the largest single development houses in the industry. They could totally afford to do new projects, sadly I don't know if Bungie's current management and Activision feel the same way.