- Marathon gets an open play week with the launch of season 2
- The free trial runs from June 2 to June 9
- All progress made will be carried over to the paid version of the game
Like Bungie axes Fate 2the studio has announced a limited time free trial for Marathon as part of Season 2’s upcoming release.
Last week, the Sony-owned studio confirmed that after nearly a decade, it would be ending Fate 2 development and cancellation of all future expansions. While the servers remain online, the final updates will be released in June, but the game is pretty much dead.
This news comes in the middle MarathonBungie’s latest first-person shooter (FPS), continues to see a rapid decline in player numbers on Steam. At launch, the game had an all-time high of 88,337 players and now sits at less than 15% of that, drawing just under 4,000 players at the time of writing, according to SteamDB.
As the game’s first season draws to a close, Bungie has now confirmed it Marathon will offer its first Open Play Week, launching alongside Season 2 on June 2nd, apparently in an effort to attract new players.
The free-to-play period will be for the full game and run from June 2 to June 9 on PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC. Any progress players make during the trial period will carry over to the paid version.
Season 2 will also introduce a new Night Marsh zone, a new Runne shell, weapons and progression improvements.
Earlier this month, game director Joe Ziegler outlined Marathon‘s content roadmap and explained what Bungie will be changing going forward after the game’s first two months of launch. This includes introducing new PvE experiences, making the game “less grindy, more rewarding,” improving UI/UX, matchmaking, solo and duo play, the endgame meta, and “smoothing onboarding.”
In addition to Season 2, which launches on June 2, Bungie will improve the onboarding process for new players, with Ziegler admitting that the game is “overwhelming to learn” and that the team is still “figuring out the endgame balance.”
With the end of Fate 2 and a Bloomberg report claiming that Bungie is not actively working on it Fate 3let’s hope so Marathon‘s free trial will bring in some much needed numbers to keep the FPS flowing.
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