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Marathon’s latest update makes a major quality of life change to in-match looting

A lovely little change.

Destructoid

Marathon's most popular shotgun is getting nerfed a second time, as Bungie worries it is 'eclipsing a lot of the other short range options that exist in the game'

"We're gonna take a shot at bringing the WSTR more in line."

PC Gamer

Iron Galaxy lays off more people, says it still had too many employees even after 2025's 'last resort' cuts

The cuts include former Destiny community manager David "Deej" Dague, who left Bungie to join Iron Galaxy in 2020.

PC Gamer

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Marathon players are using new Mercy Kits to murder people twice: It's already been branded the 'most troll-friendly item imaginable'

The Mercy Kit murderers were inevitable, really.

PC Gamer

Bungie's latest experiment turns Marathon into a battle royale, and it's a hit: 'Free kit queue might be the most fun I've had so far'

To be an extraction shooter, or a battle royale, that's the question.

PC Gamer

Micromort god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2

Nothing Micro about that.

Destructoid

Arc Raiders studio contacted by crime scientist "intrigued by how players are interacting," dev says only 30% of players focus on PvP: "It kind of blew the whole extraction shooter open"

Over 95% of raiders use prox chat

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Long live the ‘unc game’

‘Unc’ is meant to disparage older players, but the industry should make games for all generations

The Guardian - UK

Marathon is a good game, former FPS pro Shroud says, "the problem right now is it's too hard"

"More people will realize, 'wait, this game is actually really, really good'."

GamesRadar

Halo composer Marty O'Donnell welcomes Trump endorsement in Nevada Congress race, despite previous statements that Trump is an 'idiot' he loathes

A lot can change in politics.

PC Gamer

Reghusk’s Pledge god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2

Finally, some content.

Destructoid

Marathon's mid-season patch is a big one: 11 new weapon variants, Recon buffs, and a 'Mercy Kit' for reviving strangers

Plus some welcome quality-of-life changes.

PC Gamer

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.

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

Dive in.

PC Gamer

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.

GamesRadar

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'"

Tom’s Guide

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.

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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"

PC Gamer

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.

GamesRadar

Yes, Marathon is hard – but that is liberating

Opinion | Cruelty is the point

Player One

'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

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