Bungie has confirmed that it plans to reach out to one of them Marathonthe biggest issues that were driving players away from the game. First revealed in May 2025, Marathon is the studio's upcoming extraction shooter and its next major release. Server Slam's playtest began on February 26 and will run until March 2 on major platforms, including PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. Despite several controversies, the title managed to attract over 140,000 concurrent players on Steam.
However, Marathon'The Server Slam event didn't go completely smoothly. Players across social media raised their voices against multiple aspects of the game, particularly its movement, aiming, short time to kill, limited PvP encounters, and overall mechanics. Bungie said it is actively listening to player feedback and working on improvements. However, now the developer has also acknowledged one of the game's biggest issues, which many players have labeled an “eye” while playing.
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Bungie plans to fix the big marathon issue soon
Bungie addressed feedback on Marathon Server Slam, saying it plans to further improve the game, especially the user interface (UI). The studio noted that it is still learning from player responses and working on UI concerns, while encouraging the community to continue to share their thoughts. Players were invited to visit the games official Discord to provide feedback on the interface, highlight issues they felt were affecting them, and suggest how they would like certain things to be improved.
Bungie says it plans to make improvements Marathon's UI upon launch, and will update players in any timeline when possible. Not only that, Bungie has also confirmed that they have identified and fixed several other issues that were reported by the community during the Server Slam event. This includes things like voice chat runtime errors, mouse input lag on PC, PvP frequency issues, and various performance issues that affected the game.
The user interface was one of the MarathonThe most hackneyed elements among critics, gamers and streamers. Many have said that the readability of the items in the game is poor, as the interface makes it difficult to understand what the items do unless you hover over them. Because many items in the game look very similar, players often spend more time figuring out their function than playing the game itself. This can prove frustrating in high pressure situations. Players also described the user interface as confusing, unintuitive and generally difficult to navigate. Interestingly, these complaints Marathon also date to the alpha phase. Many can't help but wonder why big changes around the extraction shooter user interface weren't made earlier.
It's encouraging to see Bungie acknowledge one of them Marathonbiggest concern, but the UI issues should have been fixed before the game launched, which is only a week away. In addition, players still believe that there are various areas of the game that still need more attention. They are still frustrated with aspects like the in-game economy, lack of training range, movement issues and more. However, the community hopes that these issues will be resolved soon as Bungie has dealt with issues such as cheating and confirmed that anyone caught will be permanently banned. Marathon no second chances. The studio can have no second chance Marathonas Fate 2 has been underperforming for some time now and the game is already facing competition from titles like ARC Raiders.
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March 5, 2026
- ESRB
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Teen / Animated blood, language, violence, in-game purchases, user interaction
- Multiplayer
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Online multiplayer, online co-op
