Key Highlights:
- Bungie’s Marathon is expected to have yet another closed technical test soon.
- This test will also have an NDA to go along with it.
- The game was supposed to have been released in September, 2025.
Bungie is all set to hold yet another round of closed alpha tests for its upcoming extraction first person shooter, Marathon. Officially titled as the ‘Closed Technical Test’, this particular run is expected to give players a taste of what they can expect from Bungie – with an NDA to go along with it.
Interestingly, the game was meant to have been released back in September of this year, before being pushed back indefinitely thanks to a series of controversies, including mentions of plagarism.
How to Apply for the Marathon Closed Technical Test
As mentioned in an official Instagram post from Bungie’s ‘marathonthegame’ account, yet another closed technical test is scheduled to take place, complete with a non disclosure agreement in stow.
Interested readers can make their way to the link here and follow the steps in sequence to finish signing up:
- Click on the yellow ‘Closed Technical Test Application’ anchor text to proceed.
- You will be prompted to log in using your Steam/PlayStation/Xbox account in order to proceed. This step is mandatory and cannot be skipped.
- Once bound and logged in, you should now be redirected to a web form, where you can review your answers. Enter your Discord username (optional), and sign the NDA contract in order to proceed.
- You will be presented with a series of questions in the next few pages. Answer them, and hit the cortresponding submit button to finalize your answers, and complete the sign up process.
Do note that the sign up process for the closed technical test will be available until October 16, 4PM PT – after which it will be taken down. The test itself is expected to run between October 22 to October 28, 10 AM PT.
Additionally, this test is described as an invite only affair, being set for players across North America and Europe only, for the time being. Make sure to check your email regularly for updates and news from Bungie.
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This is a particularly important milestone for Bungie, and the technical test is expected to showcase major improvements from the alpha, along with a few new additions (such as new maps, runners, proximity chat and more).
As was the case with prior technical tests, this particular test will also require players to sign an NDA. This means that players will not be able to publicly disclose any information on the current build, including but not limited to screenshots, gameplay footage and the like.
Marathon Was Supposed to Have Been Released Last Month
The initial launch date for Bungie’s Marathon was supposed to be on Sepetember 23, 2025. The game was meant to be released across the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC platforms, with a fully featured, working build in tow.
Unfortunately, that never came to pass. Marathon was plagued with many controversies, including concerns of mediocre gameplay, combined with the fact that Bungie was trying to sell it as a ‘full priced’ game – when it should have been a free to play title to begin with.
However, the whole plagiarism scandal made things a whole lot worse. Bungie officially admitted to these claims, and were forced to head back to the drawing board and recalibrate the game’s assets.
Naturally, this caused a significant delay in the pipeline, and Marathon was put on ice indefinitely. While it’s nice to see the game gain more traction (finally), it does make you wonder if Bungie will ever be able to outgrow the shadow of plagiarism.
