We are only a few months away from the launch of Marathon, Bungie’s highly anticipated extraction shooter, which finally led to pre-orders going live on Steam.
So far, so good, right? Everything seemed to be going according to plan until an unusual error caused Destiny 2 (which is another Bungie title) to automatically install on the PCs of users on Steam who purchased Marathon in advance!
Of course, the glitch quickly went viral on social media and gaming forums, with players having a good laugh about it.
Some users from X (formerly Twitter) wrote that the pre-order “installs a virus on your computer named Destiny 2”, while another one joked that “Marathon's development was so cursed it created a malevolent spirit in the code. If it catches you, it will force you to install Destiny 2”.
Despite the memes and the laughs, the unexpected error caused a lot of confusion among players, who have been scratching their heads until now to figure out what happened.
Bungie Deploys a Swift Fix for the Pre-Order Bug
It didn't take long for the situation to reach the folks at Bungie, who quickly announced that the forced installation was indeed a...
