Despite its troubled path to a delayed launch, Marathon looks like it may have turned a corner with its new release date now only six weeks away. There are still teething problems to take care of ahead of launch, however, such as Destiny 2 installing on PC when people place their Marathon pre-orders.
Marathon won't be released until March 5, which is why some of you might have been surprised to see something start downloading immediately if you pre-ordered the game on Steam this week. No, you weren't getting the game early, nor does your pre-order come with a secret beta test. In fact, the game being installed when you placed your pre-order had nothing to do with Marathon at all.
The game being installed on Steam when placing a pre-order for Marathon was Bungie's last game, Destiny 2. The studio has addressed the bizarre bug in a post on Twitter, noting that it has been fixed. "We've resolved an issue where Destiny 2 would begin installing after pre-ordering Marathon on Steam," the post on Marathon's official account reads.
It's still unclear whether the pre-order problem only affected those who already own Destiny 2...
