Unveiled: Alpha Requirements and Minimum PC Specifications for Marathon

Bungie has revealed the closed alpha test requirements and PC specs for Marathon, its upcoming shooter game. The test will be conducted across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in North America from April 23 to May 4.

In order to qualify for the alpha test, players will need to join the official Marathon Discord channel and Bungie will invite selected participants. The lucky winners need to be located in North America, be 18 years old or older, have access to a PS5, Xbox Series X|S, or PC, and have a Bungie.net account in good standing.

The alpha test requires all players to have a Bungie.net account, and presumably the full release will, as well. A PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live account is not required to play the alpha test, but will be once Marathon officially launches. Friend invites are not supported during the alpha, although friends will be able to group up with each other if they were selected participants.

The alpha is approximately 6GB and only supports the English language. However, Bungie plans on supporting the full game with many additional languages. Additionally, account progress from the alpha will be deleted from test servers when they’re closed and will not be saved for launch.

Marathon launches on September 23, and will support both cross-play and cross-save. While Marathon won’t be full price, it’ll be a premium title, with reports that it’ll be $40. In GameSpot’s Marathon preview, we said, “Marathon feels like it’ll deliver satisfying gameplay, but the experience around it could leave a lot to be desired.”

Marathon Closed Alpha Test PC Specs

Minimum

• Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• Memory: 8GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4GB) / Intel Arc A580 (8GB)
• Video Memory (VRAM): 4GB
• DirectX: DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_1 support
• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)