Bungie has removed the NDA for Marathon’s Closed Alpha on April 23, allowing participants to freely share information.
Bungie has removed Marathon‘s NDA in anticipation of the upcoming Closed Alpha on April 23. Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Marathon, which will be Bungie‘s next game. Now that Destiny 2 has concluded the main story with the release of The Final Shape expansion in 2024, players expected to see the title start to gain more prominence.
The devs have begun to increase the hype by finally revealing when Marathon will be released, and sharing a new gameplay trailer previewing what they can expect from the game. Marathon is an extraction shooter in which players will select one of six characters known as Runners, who are cybernetic mercenaries assigned to survive the extreme conditions of the planet Tau Ceti 4. Bungie recently confirmed the Closed Alpha and now reveals an important change made to it.
Marathon‘s Closed Alpha will have no NDA, meaning that its participants will be free to share information and footage. The announcement was made on the game’s official Twitter account, in which the developers detailed what to expect from the testing period, which will begin on April 23, and the reasons for their decision. Previously, there was a five-month restriction, meaning that players who joined the test couldn’t say anything about the game. Now, they will be free to share feedback and opinions, and even stream the game. NDAs are used by companies such as Rockstar and Bungie as a legal way to guarantee confidentiality, seeking to avoid leaking information about their games before the official date.
Marathon Gains the Spotlight as Closed Alpha Approaches
Clarifying what to expect from Marathon‘s Closed Alpha, the devs stated that features such as weapons and gunplay, maps and survival gameplay, PvP engagements against other Runners, and PvE against AI will be available. In addition, players will have access to early-game progression, factions, and contracts. On the other hand, features such as ranked play, finalized graphics and visuals, complete and polished UI, and end-game activities will be excluded from the test. While the Marathon Closed Alpha will give a feel of what the full version will be like, players will not have full access to weapons, items, factions, Runners, and zones, including the Marathon Ship.
Marathon will be released on September 23 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, ending an almost two-year wait that began with the game’s announcement in May 2023. As well as being the first new IP since Destiny 2, the game marks the return of Bungie’s sci-fi FPS series, which had three games released in the late 90s.
