Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.5.2 Patch Notes (4th August 2026)
Bungie's Marathon rolls back one of last week's most controversial weapon nerfs while giving the experimental Vault Breaker mode another two weeks to prove itself.
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Marathon
30 articles — 20 patch notes, 10 news
Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.5.1 Patch Notes (28th July 2026)
The Solo Vault Breaker queue arrives with tuned combat difficulty, while a critical VIP rewards bug finally gets resolved. Stability fixes and a Double XP weekend round out the update.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.0.4 Patch Notes (7th July 2026)
Marathon's newest patch tackles matchmaking problems and refreshes the Armory with cheaper commendations and fresh gear options.
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Gaming News
Marathon's New PvE Mode Has a Catch: You Leave Your Loot Beh
Bungie's upcoming Vault Breaker mode opens Cryo Archive to solo and duo players, but strips out the one thing extraction shooters are built around: keeping your loot.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.0.3 Patch Notes (23rd June 2026)
Bungie's squashing economy bugs and fixing a ranked matchmaking issue that let solo players queue into crew-only matches.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.0.2 Patch Notes (16th June 2026)
Bungie's bringing back the CyberAcme Runner Reinforcement Initiative with a new commendation system and weekly weapon showcases, plus fixes for loot quality and crew matchmaking issues.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.0.1 Patch Notes (9th June 2026)
Bungie's tackling the economy and squashing bugs across loot, combat, and UI in this stability-focused update.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Open Play Week and Progression Update Notes (6th June 2026)
Bungie's extending the free trial, handing out 50 SILK to everyone, and finally tackling the loot economy that's been flooding the season.
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Gaming News
One Week Free, Zero Gear Left: Marathon Season 2 Launches
Bungie wiped every vault and opened Marathon's doors for free. Season 2: Nightfall is the studio's biggest gamble yet on growing a game that needs more players to survive.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.1.0 Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)
Marathon's Season 2 launch patch reworks Sponsored Kits, overhauls matchmaking, and adds a brand new Sentinel Runner with a deployable explosive-neutralising platform.
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Gaming News
Marathon Season 2 Turns Dead Runners Into Monsters
Bungie's Season 2 cinematic trailer shows dead Runner shells sprouting extra limbs and reanimating on the new Night Marsh map. Marathon is leaning into survival horror, and it might be exactly what the game needs.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.0.9.1 Patch Notes (26th May 2026)
Marathon's latest patch tidies up loot UI, fixes Rook getting stuck inside shipping containers, and addresses a Cryo Archive exploit that let Crews sneak into the airlock after the Compiler engaged.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.0.9 Patch Notes (19th May 2026)
Marathon's latest patch kicks off Warden Hunt, hands Rook some meaningful buffs, and kills a one-shot exploit that had no business being in the game.
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Gaming News
Everything You Earned in Marathon Season 1 Dies June 2
Bungie's seasonal reset will wipe your runner level, vault, gear, and most currencies when Marathon Season 2: Nightfall begins on June 2.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Dev Update: Self-Revive Kit and Streamer Notes (12th May 2026)
Bungie is addressing one of Marathon's most-complained-about mechanics, with self-revive times getting a significant increase in update 1.0.9.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Game Security Update Patch Notes (7th May 2026)
Bungie is rolling out a more advanced cheat detection system and a new reporting pipeline that actually tells you when action was taken against someone you flagged.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.0.6.3 Patch Notes (5th May 2026)
Marathon's latest patch trims grenade stacking, opens up Prestige Salvage to more map events, and cleans up a handful of Armory and C.A.R.R.I. bugs.
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Gaming News
Marathon's $200M Bet Now Has a Multi-Year Plan
Bungie says it knows where Marathon's story is headed for the next few years, but with an estimated $200 million budget and around 2 million copies sold, the financial pressure behind that promise is enormous.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.0.6.2 Patch Notes (28th April 2026)
Marathon's latest patch adjusts shotgun damage, locks down Cryo Archive shortcuts, and fixes the weekly sponsored kit bug that was blocking Rooks.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.0.6.1 Patch Notes (21st April 2026)
Bungie's second WSTR nerf arrives alongside economy changes and a fix for the grenade-at-your-own-feet UI problem.
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Gaming News
Marathon's Best Shotgun Hit With a Second Nerf
The WSTR has been Marathon's undisputed king of close-range combat since launch. One nerf wasn't enough, and now Bungie is going back for round two.
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Patch Notes
Marathon UPDATE: WTF WSTRs from Game Director, Joe (17th April 2026)
Game Director Joe Ziegler has posted a direct update on the WSTR's dominance, and a nerf is coming Tuesday, April 21.
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Gaming News
No Loadouts Allowed in Marathon's Next Experiment
Bungie's next Marathon experiment drops tomorrow and forces every player into free sponsored kits, levelling the playing field entirely. No purple shields, no upgraded guns, just whatever you can scavenge.
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Patch Notes
Marathon Update 1.0.6 Patch Notes (14th April 2026)
Marathon's 1.0.6 update overhauls railguns, introduces the C.A.R.R.I. cooperative rewards system, and adds a solos-only beginner map.
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