Some Good News About ‘Marathon' Closed Alpha Codes, Finally
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It's impossible to talk about what Marathon does or does not do right without 90% of the comments being about how people simply do not have Closed Alpha codes, with Bungie seemingly being stingy with them, and there being some concern that they're focused on creators.
Well, it seems there may be ~30,000 codes in the wild at this point, thereabouts, between console and PC, if not more, and I'm not sure who qualifies as a 'creator' there, but I'm gonna say no more than a hundred or two. Still, it's frustrating.
There's good news, however, as Bungie's Lars Bakken has confirmed that new codes are going out daily, and there was a wave last night alongside a Bungie Discord conversation about the game.
"I think we're doing it daily from this point on. I can't tell you how many we're letting in, but I believe we're continually running the lottery system to hand out codes daily.'
A lottery because all the creators have their codes, no doubt (kidding). But yes, codes are going out daily, it seems, when previously it was only every few days, or the large batch before the Closed Alpha launched. Keep checking your email, or keep an eye on Twitter or Discord which should have players broadcasting if they're finally receiving codes.
Bad news, good news, good news and bad news about all this:
If you don't get a Closed Alpha code now, the original plan was to have an Open Beta in August before launch in September. However, in the Discord chat, Bungie seemed to indicate there would be more playtests, plural, before release. So we'll see.
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