Bungie announced a closed technical test for PvPvE extraction shooter Marathon will be held on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam from October 22 at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT to October 28 at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT. Applications for the Marathon closed technical test are available until October 16 at 4:00 p.m. PDT / 7:00 p.m. EDT. Steam users may apply starting October 13 at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT.
The Marathon closed technical test will have several improvements and features that were implemented since the alpha, including three maps, five runner shells, proximity chat, re-tuned combat pacing, solo queues, deeper environmental story telling, and more.
The following Q&A was also released:
Marathon Closed Technical Test Q&A
- How long will the Closed Technical Test run?
- The Closed Technical Test will run from October 22 at 10AM PT, to October 28 at 10AM PT.
- Participation in previous tests doesn’t guarantee participation in this or future tests.
- How do I know if I’ve been invited?
- You will receive an official email from Bungie.
- Closed Technical Test invites will be sent in waves throughout the test.
- If I’ve played in the Alpha or other NDA’d playtest, am I automatically invited to the Closed Technical Test?
- No, you’ll need to apply and be invited to the Closed Technical Test to participate.
- Am I allowed to stream, record, or share my playtest experience?
- This test is strictly under an NDA, and as such you will not be able to stream or share your playtest experience publicly.
- Any feedback or recordings will need to be shared only in the NDA’d section of the Marathon Official Discord.
- Can I share my invite with someone else (friends/family)?
- Your invite is specific to you, the Bungie.net account you signed up with, and the Discord account you provided during the sign-up process. You will not be able to share it.
- How do I get access to the NDA Discord?
- Join the official Discord at discord.gg/marathonthegame. We will add the Discord account name you provided during sign-up to our NDA’d section. Access for the NDA’d Discord channels can take up to 24 hours to update.
- For those joining after the test has begun, we’ll be conducting role grants daily in the evening for the duration of the test.
- For Steam users, you’ll need to take the survey you receive in-game to provide your Discord and Bungie.net account names.
- How do I report bugs or provide feedback?
- For bug reporting, you will need a Bungie.net account to access the Marathon Help Center Forums.
- For feedback, we will be sending out surveys to your email. Additionally, you can provide feedback in our NDA section in Discord.
- Access for both the forums and Discord can take up to 24 hours to update.
- What regions are allowed in?
- North America
- Europe
- What are the minimum system requirements?
- Console:
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series S
- PC:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6600
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
- RAM: 8GB RAM
- Console:
