GameSpot

Marathon Server Slam Beta: How To Get In And What To Expect

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. An open beta for Bungie's upcoming shooter Marathon begins today, February 26. Announced during Sony's recent State of Play, the open beta--or "server ...
IGN

Marathon Reaffirms March Release Date With February Server Slam | Sony State of Play

After a significant delay and a rocky 2025, Bungie shared another look at Marathon at the February 2026 State of Play, reaffirming its March 5 release date with a weekend server slam. The former Halo ...
PC Gamer

Marathon will run an open Server Slam that'll lead right into launch

Bungie will let everyone test drive Marathon before buying. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
The Escapist

Do you need to preorder Marathon to play the Server Slam? All we know about shooter’s open beta

Bungie’s Marathon has been seeing plenty of early playtests behind closed doors, but now it’s everyone’s time to play as the studio is holding a Server Slam on February 26, which is essentially a ...
Forbes

‘Marathon’ Announces Free Open Beta Release Date, And It’s A Bit Late

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Marathon made an appearance tonight in Sony’s extremely ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
ZDNet

I tried to save $1,200 by vibe coding for free - and quickly regretted it

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Polygon

Bungie is doing another Marathon test, but this time it's for everyone

Bungie announced yet another Marathon test during the February 2026 PlayStation State of Play. But this time, it's one everybody can take part in. The Marathon "Server Slam" weekend (read: open beta ...
Gameranx

Bungie Confirms Marathon Will Be At The State Of Play – But There’s No Open Beta Yet

Bungie has confirmed that Marathon will be in the State of Play. They shared this message in Discord: Hey @everyone, we’re excited to share we’ll be part of the PlayStation State of Play tomorrow, ...
Game Rant

Bungie Comments on Marathon Potentially Having Aggression-Based Matchmaking

After completing a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, I decided to pursue my love of writing and video games by entering the world of video game ...
Dexerto

Marathon is not copying Arc Raiders’ “aggression-based” matchmaking

Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter Marathon will not feature aggression-based matchmaking similar to Arc Raiders, according to an interview with game director Joe Ziegler. The comments come from a ...