Since Bungie’s acquisition by Sony, there was an undercurrent of rigidity surrounding the studio’s upcoming multiplayer sport Marathon probably needing gamers to have PlayStation accounts on non-PlayStation platforms. The studio has now confirmed that there will probably be no PlayStation account necessities for Marathon gamers on PC and Xbox Collection X/S.
Noticed by social media platform X consumer KAMI, the studio revealed on its Discord channel that gamers don’t have to fret about PlayStation accounts. The reply got here in response to a consumer’s query about whether or not they must use PSN regardless of not enjoying on a PS5.
“Marathon is not going to require a PlayStation Account for gamers on PC and Xbox,” posted the Marathon workforce on its Discord.
Marathon is an extraction shooter below improvement by the studio behind video games like the unique Halo trilogy and Future 2. The title was initially introduced all the way in which again in 2023, and whereas Bungie has confirmed that it gained’t be a direct sequel to the traditional Nineteen Nineties Marathon trilogy, it’ll carry ahead the franchise’s “mythology, story, and themes” within the upcoming sport.
Extra particulars about Marathon are slated to be revealed over a weekend. Bungie introduced this with a Save the Date trailer, which additionally gave us one other have a look at among the upcoming shooter’s visuals. Rumours have additionally been floating round of Marathon probably being launched in 2025. No particulars about this have been revealed thus far, nonetheless.
Bungie’s announcement of a devoted Marathon showcase took place after rumours of it taking place from all the way in which again in February. Speaking about why Marathon wasn’t current throughout Sony’s State of Play presentation on the time, Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb spoke about how the studio usually prefers to have its personal showcases for its video games like Future.
“Bungie does their very own factor often for Future, they’re going to undertake that very same ‘We’re speaking to our viewers’ technique this yr as effectively, so I believe April,” stated Grubb. “We’ll in all probability hear from them about Marathon, and it will simply be its personal factor separate from a State of Play.”
The studio has additionally been seemingly primed for a correct launch date bulletins, because it has been making fairly a couple of updates to the Marathon entry within the Steam database. Noticed simply final month, a current replace to Marathon‘s database entry added a bunch of “app sorts” that gamers will probably be capable to buy. This seemingly signifies microtransaction content material, a battle go, and even future enlargement passes, as is usually the custom with Future 2.
Whereas not too many particulars about Marathon have been revealed thus far, we’ve got had director Joe Ziegler giving us a glimpse at among the playable characters from the sport. Dubbed Runners, the 2 characters proven off by Ziegler had been Thief and Stealth.
Marathon is presently below improvement for PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. If you happen to’re curious in regards to the themes and mythology the upcoming multiplayer shooter will seemingly deal with, you possibly can take a look at the unique trilogy of traditional shooters, which are actually out there without cost on PC by way of Steam.
