marathon For a while during Server Slam, players willARC Raiders” A series of # symbols were produced in the chat, sparking censorship claims. The incident closely resembles previous issues. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7Unlike Activision, Bungie won't comment on the cause, just marathon's Twitter shows the edits without explanation.
For those unfamiliar, during the public beta period in early October 2025. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7The player reported that they typed:ARC Raiders“Chat returned the censored star text, but was able to mention other game titles freely. Activision later said the restriction was unintentional and adjusted the filters to fix it. A similar issue reportedly occurred in the EA app, where players were unable to mention Embark Studios' games, but EA also denied intentional blocking and said it had been fixed. Now, a very similar situation is unfolding with Bungie. marathonThe developer has faced accusations of targeted censorship.
Marathon officially beat the ARC Raiders in one major way.
Just hours before Server Slam was released, and days before it was released, Marathon officially beat its biggest rival, the ARC Raiders, in one major way.
Marathon runners saw '### #######' when they typed in ARC Raiders.
hour marathonThe following report came from Server Slam: ARC Raiders' The name was censored in chat with several popular streamers, including Ninja, confirming this. Soon, videos began circulating that showed Embark Studios' extracted game title as “### #######” and that there were no restrictions if you typed “arc” and “raiders” in separate messages. later, marathon's development team responded to a user who reported the issue on Twitter with an image with the text “ARC Raiders Awesome” message was sent to chat, with no further explanation provided. The response gave the impression that the team was trying to debunk the claim rather than clarify that it was caused by a bug or unintentional filter. As a result, many fans were quick to call Bungie out, with one user saying, “It's definitely been patched and I've seen it happen live,” with many others sharing the same sentiment.
Many argue that if it was a bug, it was an unusual bug because it only seemed to affect the phrase “ARC Raiders.” As seen in Ninja's stream and other examples, players can enter the names of other popular shooters, such as: Apex Legendsin marathonThere is no problem with your chat, ARC Raiders It returned a censored “### #######” message. Now the issue appears to have been resolved and fans are reportedly able to enter their competitors' names into chat without being blocked by filters. However, it's unclear whether Bungie will officially address the claims, or leave the development team's Twitter response as its only involvement in the controversy.
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What is clear is that the competition between the two is fierce. marathon and ARC Raiders It's not slowing down anytime soon. Despite their differences, both games belong to the same extraction shooter category, naturally leading to comparisons and sparking controversy. For example, now fans are measuring the winners by looking at the number of concurrent players for both games during server slams. And it looks like there will be one more drama of this type marathon It will be officially released on March 5th.
It will be interesting to see if Embark Studios reacts to Bungie's reported censorship. In the past, when Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 The Swedish company, facing similar criticism, playfully tweeted “We are launching *** ******* on October 30th” using an asterisk. ARC Raiders' The name appeared in the game chat. Now that it looks like other titles have censored the popular extraction shooter, it would be fun to see Embark Studios hit back with a similar tweet, this time using the # symbol. in other words, marathon and ARC Raiders Despite their fan bases frequently clashing online, they have so far avoided direct conflict. So it seems unlikely that Embark Studios will respond to Bungie's censorship allegations.
To date, Bungie has not released any official statement regarding this. ARC Raiders Allegations of censorship extend beyond the development team's tweets.
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March 5, 2026
- ESRB
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Teen/Animation Blood, Language, Violence, In-Game Purchases, User Interaction
- multiplayer
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Online multiplayer, online co-op
