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Welcome to Season 2
Today, we released a new Dev Insights video shining a light on the new content coming in Season 2. There's a new zone filled with new dangers and secrets, a brand-new defensive shell, a ton of new gear, and much more. C…
Security72 changesFixEvent - Marathon
Season 2 Cinematic Trailer | Marathon
Darkness descends on Tau Ceti IV. Season 2 begins June 2. Featuring a new map with Night Marsh, a new Runner shell Sentinel, the Cradle, new weapons, progression improvements, and more.
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Marathon Update 1.0.9.1
Item Economy Fixed an issue where loot previews could briefly show the wrong item when inspecting nearby loot. Improved clarity for item-related UI messaging in specific flows. Runners Rook: Fixed an issue that would ca…
Patch notes7 changesFixBalance - Marathon
Triage Shell Cinematic | Marathon
TRIAGE SHELL // FIELD MEDIC SURVIVAL IS VIOLENCE Scavenge the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV in Marathon, the survival extraction FPS from the creators of Halo and Destiny. Play Now: Marathon View store page Runner shells a…
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Marathon Update 1.0.9
NEW: Warden Hunt Warden Hunt will be available until the end of Season 1 New Warden Encounters: Wardens can spawn at new POIs in Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost. Locked room keys are guaranteed to drop from Wardens f…
Security40 changes2 numericFix - Marathon
Launch, Learnings, and What’s Next
THE SHORT VERSION (TL;DR) There’s a lot of words ahead, but here’s the gist of it: With the first season of Marathon we’ve created a strong core community. We're embarking on a multi-season journey built around growing…
Security58 changesEventUI/audio - Marathon
Season 2 Begins June 2
Runners continue to pillage what isn’t theirs across Tau Ceti, and the UESC is growing tired of their criminal activities. As Season 1 comes to a close, you’ll see the first of the UESC’s renewed security efforts, with…
Security44 changesEventMaps - Marathon
Marathon Dev Update: Self-Revive Kit and Streamer Tool Updates
Self-Revive Kit Update, Coming with 1.0.9: We’ve seen a lot of feedback that players’ ability to quickly revive after being downed during a fight is causing frustrations. When taking a look we felt that both the total t…
Patch notes8 changesWorkshop - Marathon
Marathon Game Security Update
In our last game security update, we mentioned that we are expanding our telemetry and updating our detection methods to widen our net in catching suspected cheaters. We want to provide an update on those efforts and re…
Security3 changesGameplay - Marathon
Enhanced Sponsored Kit Playlist on Perimeter
We are making an update to the Experimental queue and shifting the Sponsored Marsh map to Sponsored Perimeter. Details below: As of 3PM PT Sponsored - Perimeter will become available. Sponsored Perimeter will require yo…
Event3 changesMapsGameplay - Marathon
Marathon Update 1.0.6.3
Item Economy Map Events Lockdown on Dire Marsh, Intercept on Perimeter, and Convoy on Outpost can now drop Prestige Salvage as part of their loot rewards. Armory Fixed an issue where Hurting Hands V4 could be claimed fo…
Event14 changes1 numericFix - Marathon
Dev Updates on Sponsored Queue and Combat feedback
Lots of dev updates today. Here is a quick recap. We released Update 1.0.6.2 that includes a free Cryo Archive sponsored kit each week, WSTR tuning changes and more. Check out the full Patch Notes for details. Game Dire…
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Marathon Update 1.0.6.2
Item Economy One free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit can now be claimed each week. Fixed an issue preventing Rooks from spawning with the updated 6 Depleted Shield Charges and Depleted Patch Kits that sponsored kits now hav…
Security11 changes1 numericFix - Marathon
Experimental Queue: Sponsored Dire Marsh - Dev Update
We're looking at trying out some adjustments to pacing on Dire Marsh that we want to test through the experimental queue. As we've been tracking Dire Marsh over the season, we've felt that at times it can feel a bit cro…
Announcement2 changesMapsGameplay - Marathon
Marathon Update 1.0.6.1
Item Economy Increased the daily stock limits for Enhanced (green) and Deluxe (blue) Sponsored Kits in the Armory. Depleted Patch Kits & Depleted Shield Charges now stack to 6, up from 3. Standard rarity Sponsored Kits…
Security10 changesFixBalance - Marathon
"UPDATE: WTF WSTRs" from Game Director, Joe Ziegler
We're gonna take a shot at bringing the WSTR more in line. Right now it's become a dominant option and is eclipsing a lot of the other short range options that exist in the game. SOOOOOO... as of Tuesday 4/21 (likely 8A…
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