Marathon players turn drones into explosive weapons

Players of Bungie’s new FPS Marathon have found a way to turn a utility drone into an offensive weapon. The Thief runner shell can deploy a remotely controlled drone that normally zaps opponents and snags loot, but users are attaching motion-detecting claymore-style explosives and flying the device around maps.

Clips shared on social media show devastating results, including a single armed drone wiping out an entire squad. Kena: Bridge of Spirits is headed to Switch 2 this spring, giving owners of the handheld console a chance to play the original game. Its sequel, Kena 2, will skip Xbox and Switch 2 at launch.

Given that the first Kena took nearly three years to reach Xbox and five years to arrive on Switch, fans may be in for a wait if they want the follow-up on Nintendo’s next system. Plans for a new Star Wars movie from director James Mangold—set thousands of years before the original trilogy and focused on the origin of the Jedi—appear to have stalled.

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