Marathon, the new first-person shooter by Bungie, has confirmed its very first esports tournament, the ‘Tau Ceti Cup’ just a week after the game’s release.
Bungie had not previously confirmed any plans to push its new extraction shooter as an esport, though the multiplayer game does have a ranked mode and competitive interest. However, the Tau Ceti Cup is more of a showmatch featuring popular streamers, rather than a sporting event to determine the world’s best Marathon team.
The inaugural Marathon tournament will feature six teams of content creators, including the likes of BurntPeanut, Shroud, and Aztecross, competing on Saturday, March 14.
The winning team will earn custom-made Marathon Jackets made by Australian cosplayer Vamprea, as well as rewards for their community of viewers.
Bungie is also hosting a similar event for Australian creators only, called the Marathon Australia Invitational, with the winning team of the invite-only event receiving the same custom jackets and the game’s collector’s edition.
Maraton Tau Ceti Cup Teams
Team BurntPeanut
- TheBurntPeanut
- Gingy
- HutchMF
Team Aztecross
- Aztecross
- Symfuhny
- Trey24k
Team Shroud
- Shroud
- LVNDMARK
- Just9n
Team Bearki
- Bearki
- DeadlySlob
- Aspen
Team Jour_du_Grenier
- Jour_du_Grenier
- Tonto
- Shisheyu
Team Rubius
- Rubius
- IloJuan
- TheGrefg
Marathon Tau Ceti Cup Twitch Drops
Viewers who watch any streamer’s point of view of the Marathon Tau Ceti Cup will be able to earn rewards for the game through Twitch drops.
There are three Angry Bunny-themed rewards available for watching the event. A profile emblem after one hour of watch-time, a profile background after two hours of watch-time, and a weapon sticker after three hours of watch-time.
To claim these Twitch drops, viewers will need to:
- Link their Bungie.net account to their Twitch account
- Watch a Marathon stream of one of the competitors (on Saturday, March 14, between 15:00 EDT/13:00 GMT and 19:00 EDT/15:00 GMT) in the Twitch Directory with Drops enabled during the event
- Claim each reward from their Twitch Inventory, then log in to Marathon to receive them
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And find out all the things you should do first on Marathon, before you try to become a pro player.
