Marathon will reportedly have a ranked ladder, and that could help put it over the top for sweaty extraction mode fans

Today marks one month until Bungie’s extraction shooter Marathon launches, and a new leak teases that the game may be a lot more competitive than most additionally thought.

According to dataminer X0X_Leak via MP1st, Marathon will have a loot-based ranked mode, where your scoring and climb through the ranks is based on the value of the gear you extract with in this dedicated competitive ladder.

“Progress is made based on the credit value of the loot found during the run, and players must meet or exceed the set score target to make progress,” the leaker said. Listed ranks found in the files include Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Pinnacle, with rewards including cosmetic items.

“To play ranked mode in Marathon, crew members must select a zone, assemble a loadout that matches or exceeds the gear ante, and purchase a Holotag to set the score target with,” the report said, claiming that these Holotag items will be required to enter a ranked match.

There’s different kinds of rarities of Holotags, and the higher the rarity, the better credit towards your score target will be. But as you rank up, your required score target will also get higher, meaning there’s a lot of risk and reward at play.

I’m not much of a ranked gamer myself, but I feel as though something like this is missing from a game like ARC Raiders. While Embark Studios’ title found its niche with casual players, and that’s largely why it became so popular, Marathon could offer a similar experience for those who wish to play solo while also offering a sweaty ranked mode for the most dedicated FPS grinders to climb through.

Marathon launches on March 5, but Bungie has said the game will have a free open weekend for players to try it out before then. With rumors of a potential new PlayStation State of Play next week (where the ranked mode may be confirmed), it could happen in the days following.

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Nioh 3 is a truly visual masterpiece that’s better played in high graphics, but the performance in the early hours hasn’t been smooth. If you’re on a PC, you can easily tweak certain settings to get more out of your hardware.

We already got an early taste of PC gameplay, all thanks to the demo that’s available for free. While a massive benefit is continuing the main story on the full version, it also gave us an idea about what the best set of visual settings might look like.

Best Nioh 3 graphics settings

Before I dive deeper into the settings, here’s how my setup looks.

• AMD Ryzen 5600G
• NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 GB
• 16 GB of DDR5 RAM

Here are the settings I rolled with on my PC.

• Display Mode: Borderless
• VSync: Off
• Resolution: 1920×1080 (depends on your setup)
• Frame Rate Cap: 60 FPS
• Graphics Presets: Custom
• Upscaling: DLSS
• Sharpening: 1.0
• Rendering Resolution: 65%
• Dynamic Resolution: 60
• Minimum Rendering Resolution: 50%
• Maximum Rendering Resolution: 65%
• Frame Generation: Off
• FPS Dynamic Adjustment: On
• HDR: Off
• Post-Effects Resolution: Standard
• Motion Blur: Off
• Chromatic Aberration: Off
• Len Vignette: Off
• Noise Filter: Off
• Mach Band Noise: Off
• Color Precision: Standard
• Depth of Field: Off
• Lens Flare: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Subsurface Scattering: Off
• Shadow Quality: Standard
• Ambient Occlusion: Very Low
• Model Quality: Standard
• Model Texture Quality: Standard
• Number of Models Displayed: Few
• Wind Sway: Off
• Anisotropic Filtering: Off
• Effects: Standard
• Motion Quality: Low
• Screen Space Reflection: Very Low
• Background Mesh Quality: Standard
• Terrain: Low
• Grass Density: Low
• Volumetric Cloud Quality: Low
• FPS (Cutscenes): 30
• Cutscene Quality: Standard
• Global Illumination: Standard

There are two pointers to note.

• I kept Vsync off because you reduce the load on your system but sacrifices very little in return. Hence, it’s best to keep it off.
• Keeping the FPS capped to 60 gave me the best results. There were no lags, no stutters, and the performance held steady at 60 FPS. However, you can choose to go for uncapped if you have a better system.

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