Marathon Season 2 takes Bungie's brutal new shooter one step closer to PvE with a "Sponsored Survival" mode that's "more PVP-lite" and a "low-risk way to play"

Marathon Triage runner.

Bungie has detailed a new mode for Marathon that should hopefully scratch the PvE itch, even if there's a bit of PVP involved.

Season 2 of Marathon is launching today, and Bungie has detailed some of the changes you can expect from it in its Open Play Week blog post. Earlier this month, Marathon game director Joe Ziegler detailed some modes coming to Season 2, with one being PvE with "a touch of PvP," while a full-blown PvE mode will be launching later down the line. And now we finally know what "a touch of PvP" actually means, as Bungie has revealed the new experimental game mode, the "more PVP-lite and low-risk way to play": Sponsored Survival - which will be available alongside the Marathon free week.