According to Marathon's game director, the upcoming Bungie extraction shooter won't have proximity chat for players due to the potential for toxicity. It's been a long road for Bungie's revival of the Marathon franchise, with the newest game seemingly going through plenty of bumps during development. However, the light is now at the end of the tunnel with Marathon finally approaching its launch.
April 11 was a major milestone for Bungie as the company finally gave players tons of new information about Marathon, including showing off new trailers and gameplay. It's been a long road for Marathon, but with a September 23 release date, launch is finally in sight. After announcing six starting classes for launch with 3 maps, Bungie is gearing up for months of new announcements and reveals, though one game feature confirmation may leave potential players divided.
Some lucky fans will be able to play Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon way early, courtesy of a newly announced playtest that's fast approaching.
During an interview with PC Gamer following the reveal, Marathon game director Joe Ziegler confirmed that Bungie is still trying to find a solution to potential toxicity and won't have a proximity chat feature. Ziegler admitted the...
