Don't fancy trying Marathon this weekend? Lucky you, as there's now the chance to have a go at Horizon Hunters Gathering

Robo dinos are connected the paper this weekend, folks

Is determination thing successful the integer aerial this weekend? Bungie are yet letting anybody who wants a spell person a spell astatine Marathon from February 26th to March 2nd arsenic portion of the game's server slam, and present it looks similar Guerrilla Games' precocious announced unrecorded work spin-off Horizon Hunters Gathering is joining it with a playtest of its own.

This playtest was already confirmed erstwhile the crippled was announced earlier this month, though present a hard acceptable of dates person been set: February 27th to March 1st. However! There are respective caveats to beryllium alert of. The archetypal is that you request to sign-up done PlayStation's beta programme (which you tin bash truthful here), and adjacent past you aren't guaranteed a accidental to effort the crippled out.

A enactment connected the game's playtest sign-up leafage does enactment that determination volition beryllium much opportunities to effort the crippled retired successful 2026, truthful don't spell crying if you don't get picked. Another of said caveats is that it appears to lone beryllium moving astatine definite times too, with a clip slot of 7pm-10pm CET for those of america successful Europe, and 4pm-7pm PST for those successful North America. The trial volition beryllium done Steam for america batch connected PC arsenic well, but evidently you tin effort it connected PS5 excessively if that's your level of choice.

In presumption of what's disposable to effort out, there'll beryllium 3 characters to take from, a azygous explorable environment, and a mates of crippled modes, including the question based Machine Excursion and the Hades-esque Cauldron Descent. You'll besides beryllium capable to rotation astir the game's societal hub country and trial retired immoderate of the campsite customisation excessively (if you tin find clip considering you've lone got 3 hours a time to effort it out).

Obviously wide Hunters Gathering is looking rather antithetic from its single-player predecessor, but we apt won't perceive overmuch astir it this play arsenic those chosen for the trial volition person to support their lips unopen (though I'm definite idiosyncratic volition crockery for their 5 seconds of fame). Mostly I'm confused arsenic to wherefore Sony would treble up connected playtests for the weekend, but hey, if they privation to support messing up their unrecorded work ambitions, that's connected them.