The official launch of Marathon remains to be every week away, however the open-beta Server Slam occasion is getting underway at this time. And if the early response on Steam is any indication, Bungie’s new extraction shooter will not go the best way of Harmony.
Marathon is presently No. 3 on Steam’s list of the best-selling games. Solely Resident Evil Requiem and Counter-Strike 2 are forward of it at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Requiem is out tomorrow, so its success is not surprising. Contemplating the competitors, Marathon is doing very nicely up to now, and it is two slots forward of Arc Raiders, which is presently at No. 5.
The Server Slam occasion is designed to see how nicely Marathon’s infrastructure can deal with the inflow of gamers forward of the sport’s launch. The Server Slam hasn’t been stay for lengthy, however it’s already over 100k concurrent gamers, making it larger than all however seven video games on the time of this writing.
It stays to be seen how excessive its concurrent gamers rank can go, and if Marathon can maintain and develop its viewers. As demonstrated by the current fall of Highguard, an enormous launch does not imply something if gamers do not stick round.
Gamers who participate in Marathon’s Server Slam may have the possibility to earn rewards, and there are additionally Twitch Drops for followers who simply wish to watch another person play. PS Plus subscribers who play the Marathon beta will obtain weapon charms based mostly on different Sony video games, together with Ghost of Yotei, Loss of life Stranding 2, and Helldivers 2. Xbox Sequence X|S and PC gamers may even get weapons charms of their very own. Nevertheless, the rewards from Sever Slam and the Twitch Drops will not be out there till Marathon launches.
Marathon shall be launched on March 5 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC. It is presently out there on Fanatical for $34.39.
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