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The Latest Breaking News from Joe Ziegler

Marathon just lost its game director: Joe Ziegler is Bungie's latest high-profile departure

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GamesRadar · Jul 17

Marathon game director leaves Bungie just 4 months after launch: 'I'll be heading to something new, somewhere else'

This is not good news for Bungie, or its only remaining active game.

PC Gamer · Jul 17

Marathon game director joins Bungie’s mass exodus, by choice or otherwise

The sad news never ends.

Destructoid · Jul 17

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With Destiny 2 dead, Bungie is trying to save Marathon's dwindling player count with a free-to-play trial

Bungie has announced a limited-time free trial for Marathon as part of Season 2's upcoming release.

TechRadar · May 28

Bungie outlines plan to save Marathon with Steam player count at less than 15% of launch day peak

Bungie has revealed new content plans for Marathon Season 2 and beyond as the game's Steam player count continues to decline.

TechRadar · May 15

A PvE-only mode is coming to Marathon as Bungie lays out plans for seasons 3, 4 and 5

"We want to evolve Marathon as a whole."

PC Gamer · May 14

Marathon is getting a "PVE-only mode" as Bungie responds to the state of the game

An even more PvP-focused mode is also under consideration

GamesRadar · May 14

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Bungie’s plans for growing Marathon’s ‘strong core community,’ including a PvE-only mode, sound like just what the game needs

The game director says the team knows it has work to do to build on what it has.

Destructoid · May 14

Marathon boss says extraction shooters are like The Lord of the Rings and that's why they need PvP

Legolas would've loved Marathon

GamesRadar · Apr 27

"It's a slippery slope to try and build a game for an audience": Marathon, Arc Raiders, and Last Flag devs dig into the trend-bucking evolution of multiplayer shooters

Interview | Are multiplayer shooters enjoying a golden age, or becoming riskier than ever to make? GamesRadar+ spoke to four developers about their work in the genre

GamesRadar · Apr 24

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 · Apr 19

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 · Apr 13

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 · Apr 3

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 · Apr 2

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GamesRadar · Mar 31

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?

GamesRadar · Mar 20

Marathon's Cryo Archive is locked to weekends partly because you're going to "lose a lot of gear" and you need time to grind during the week, director says

"It is intended to challenge you to your limits"

PC Gamer · Mar 20

Bungie admits Marathon's weekend-heavy endgame means 'there are likely some who cannot participate'

"We are, of course, always iterating and are open to looking at other options in the future."

Destructoid · Mar 18

Marathon’s Cryo Archive ARG has entered its final step, and now its up to players to go on a killing spree

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Dot Esports · Mar 16

Marathon is rolling out duo queue as experimental feature, limited to one map and premade crews

Only available for two weeks.

PC Gamer · Mar 16

Bungie is adding an 'experimental' duos mode to Marathon for a few weeks: 'Some things will be a bit jank'

Just the two of us.

GamesRadar · Mar 16

Bungie is filling the biggest hole in Marathon: duos mode rolling out as an "experimental feature" this week on Perimeter only, but that's a start

Marathon duos mode is coming, in some form, much sooner than anticipated

Destructoid · Mar 16

Marathon is adding one of its most requested features this week, but with a catch

Grab a friend.

Space · Mar 7

Bungie explains Marathon's 'graphic retro futurism' aesthetic and the 'live narrative' lessons it learned from 'Destiny' (Interview)

As "Marathon" finally launches, we grill a trio of Bungie developers about the world, aesthetic, and ambitions of this sci-fi extraction shooter.

GamesRadar · Feb 13

Marathon console players can turn off PC matchmaking if they want, but Bungie made a point to give everyone the same gameplay experience

The devs have the age old divide in mind

GamesRadar · Feb 13

Marathon isn't taking Arc Raider's approach to aggression-based matchmaking, as being unaware of another player's intentions is what Bungie's extraction shooter is all about

For both sides of the PvPvE coin

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