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Bungie makes Marathon less vicious as players keep leaving: update adds free solo self-revives, a way to revive enemy runners, and a "stay together" option for good teammates

The unappealing rewards pass has also gotten a boost

GamesRadar

Marathon isn't going to be the big hit Sony wants because it's just too much of a sicko game

Marathon is an excellent extraction shooter, but it's also its own worst enemy.

PC Gamer

Marathon’s season 1 midseason patch notes are massive and full of all sorts of big changes

Dive in.

Destructoid

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A 'free kit frenzy' mode for cheapskates arrives in Marathon this week

Bungie hopes to learn the merits of a dedicated "zero to hero" mode.

PC Gamer

Xbox exec who brought Bungie into Microsoft says it's "weird" to see Sony own the creators of Halo: "It was so weird to launch Marathon and see a PlayStation logo"

"If you would've told me, 'Oh, Bungie will be part of Sony, you know, 25 years ago, I'd be like 'What? No, I don't think so'"

GamesRadar

Marathon is a frustrating extraction game that I can't stop playing — here's my verdict after 81 hours on PS5

Marathon is Bungie’s take on an extraction shooter, and includes both the best and worst of the developer’s tendencies, which means it’s still a pretty good game.

Tom’s Guide

As Marathon faces the kind of cheat users Destiny 2 fans know all too well, Bungie promises "we have a zero-tolerance policy" and that anti-cheat improvements are on the way

Bungie says it's "expanding our telemetry and detection methods"

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As frustration with Marathon cheaters intensifies, Bungie says improvements to its 'zero-tolerance policy around cheating' are underway: 'This is an area that we will continue to invest in'

It's also investigating how to better manage player toxicity and stream sniping.

PC Gamer

Marathon's most powerful gun gets a major nerf, as Bungie seeks to 'curb a little bit of its dominion in the game'

Biotoxic Disinjector gets a big damage reduction.

PC Gamer

Bungie provides details on Marathon's imminent Recon buff 'by popular demand', revealing an improved Echo Pulse and a 'more aggressive' tracker drone

Recon's area scanning ability will soon distinguish between AI and human enemies.

PC Gamer

Marathon game director says Bungie's rebalancing 'god-like' knife damage, buffing Vandal and Recon shells, and knocking bubble shields down a peg

Maybe Recon's tracker drone will start terrorizing someone else for once.

PC Gamer

Yes, Marathon is hard – but that is liberating

Opinion | Cruelty is the point

GamesRadar

'Marathon' Update Patch Removes Slide-Cancel Exploit, Overhauls Pinwheel Loot Zone

Bungie's latest "Marathon" patch removes slide-cancel exploits, rebalances movement, and upgrades the Pinwheel loot zone for more intense gameplay action

Player One

Marathon just buffed the best loot you can find outside Cryo Archive and nerfed the Thief movement exploit that sweaty players were abusing into the ground

Outpost's Pinwheel is harder to crack, but sweeter to loot

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Bungie nerfs Marathon's slide cancel movement tech, says no movement freaks allowed: 'Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play'

Please just kill me like a normal person.

GamesRadar

Marathon boss cryptically suggests the game is too hard, outright confirms "we have some iterations / big balance changes brewing right now"

"It's fun to lose," is it?

Destructoid

Marathon’s latest patch just nerfed Thief’s ‘slide cancel’ movement tech, because if you give Destiny players an inch, they will always take a mile

No more of that.

Destructoid

I think I’m a rat: Marathon’s Rook class has made me face an unfortunate truth

Don't judge me.

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Destiny 2’s Steam player count nearly doubled with Guardian Games, but it’s still depressingly low

Fighting for your class? More like fighting for its life.

Destructoid

Keraunios god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2

A surprisingly good perk pool.

PC Gamer

Marathon is rescheduling its frustrating endgame, but you're still against the clock: 'No schedule is perfect, but we're here to listen and learn'

More mid-week crashouts are on the menu.

GamesRadar

I'm in a situationship with Marathon's "worst" gun, and after 80 hours I'm not letting the meta break us up

Now Playing | Marathon meta? Cryo Archive? Runner, wake up: we're frolicking in Perimeter with a volt thrower

PC Gamer

Marathon review

A confident reminder that nobody does an FPS like Bungie.

GamesRadar

Marathon sold just 1.2 million copies with nearly 70% on Steam, analyst estimates: "It hasn't exactly made the splash Sony and Bungie wanted"

"Players understand the Arc Raiders loop within 30 minutes, while Marathon's UI acts as a massive filter"

GamesRadar

After 80 hours of Marathon, I'm glad Bungie didn't try to please everyone

Opinion | Marathon's small maps and hardcore kill times aren't flaws – they're strengths

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