Bungie Delays Marathon Major Update To December 8
Bungie is trading a fixed season cadence for open-ended polishing, which gives it room to fix Marathon's progression problems but lengthens the wait for the permanent PvE content the game's dwindling player base has been waiting on.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Bungie delayed a major Marathon update planned for September 22 and will fold its content into the Symbiosis update on December 8. The postponed material included permanent PvE content, a Perimeter map revamp, a new Runner shell, a social space, an experimental TDM mode, and a new player intro overhaul. Bungie also said it will stop tying major updates to fixed season deadlines, and an October 6 wipe will address gear gaps left by Season 2.
The wipe arrives October 6, alongside a small-scale update and adjustments aimed at closing the gear gap that formed after Season 2 players farmed to the endgame early, which left others struggling to engage with the extraction loop. A limited-time PvE event, Vault Breaker, starts the same day.
Symbiosis is described as the first major step toward the game's next chapter, with further evolution said to continue in March of next year and beyond. Marathon launched in March of this year and peaked above 88,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch; recent peaks have sat around 2,000 to 3,000.
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