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Marathon's voice director Elias Toufexis condemns online hate toward Bungie's shooter while acknowledging constructive criticism; he argues fans can dislike the game without rooting for its failure and should spend their money accordingly. The piece notes Marathon’s ongoing development, upcoming Season 2 content, and Bungie’s continued focus on Marathon as Destiny 2 winds down its live-service era.
A petition for Destiny 3 gains traction as Bungie reveals Destiny 2’s end and shifts focus to Marathon; Forbes reports most Bungie staff didn’t know Destiny 2 support was being dropped until public announcement, with some teams aware; layoffs are expected and no Destiny 3 is currently in production or greenlit, while Sony remains cautious on major live-service commitments.
A petition urging Sony to greenlight Destiny 3 has already surpassed Marathon’s peak opening-week players (roughly 130,000–150,000), underscoring strong fan demand as Bungie reportedly shifts resources toward Marathon amid layoffs, even as Destiny 2’s final update arrives and Destiny 3’s future remains uncertain due to financial considerations.
As Destiny 2 heads toward its final June update, some fans retaliate by review-bombing Marathon on Steam, blaming Bungie and Sony for Destiny’s decline; the negative campaign dropped Marathon’s rating from 86% to 77% after roughly 250 reviews in three days, before Marathon supporters countered with hundreds of positive reviews. The piece notes Bungie’s continued investment in Marathon, including a PvE mode next season and ongoing content updates, while Destiny 2’s own missteps leave its future uncertain.
Bungie plans a significant round of layoffs as it ends active Destiny 2 development to focus on new projects, led by the Marathon shooter; there’s no immediate Destiny 3 plan and Sony hasn’t approved any new Destiny titles, though staff have pitched ideas. Marathon’s performance contributed to a quarterly loss, and Bungie has been reallocating Destiny staff to Marathon. Fans can expect Destiny 2’s Monument of Triumph update on June 9 and years of server support, but uncertainty remains about Bungie’s Destiny future after Sony’s 2022 acquisition.
Bungie is reportedly planning significant layoffs and has no active Destiny 3 in development; Destiny 2 will receive its final live-service update on June 9, 2026, after which the game will remain playable while Bungie pivots to new projects, notably Marathon, signaling a shift beyond Destiny 2’s era.
Bungie will release Destiny 2’s final major update on June 9, after which the game will remain playable. The studio says it’s entering a “new beginning” and will shift focus to a new project, Marathon, with future Destiny news to come, signaling a move away from Destiny while staying in the live-service space.
Bungie unveiled a roadmap for Marathon that suggests the revival will undergo a complete overhaul this year, signaling a major reworking of scope and design beyond incremental updates.
Bungie confirms Marathon Season 2 will test PvE-focused modes alongside a broad set of balance and quality-of-life updates, including Night Marsh, the Sentinel defensive shell, new weapons and gear, higher progression and vault capacities, plus a rotating Duos queue and smarter matchmaking. The season will kick off with an experimental PvE mode with a touch of PvP, followed later by a pure PvE mode, with future plans adding alien zones, mind-warp debuffs, Tau Ceti enemies, new exfil options, and onboarding/contract improvements.
Bungie outlines a multi-season plan to widen Marathon’s audience by adding PvE-focused modes, PvP-lite options, and improved onboarding and endgame. Season 2 will introduce two experiments—one PvE+light PvP at launch and a later PvE-only crew objective mode—along with a rotating Duos queue, larger vaults, the Night Marsh map, Cradle progression, and a new Sentinel. Looking beyond, Seasons 3–5 will overhaul onboarding on Perimeter, deepen the extraction loop, and eventually integrate PV(P)VE play to keep Marathon evolving through 2027 and beyond.
A Marathon streamer exploited an out-of-bounds bug to clip into Cryo Archive’s final raid room and ambush a team after they defeated the boss, prompting Bungie to patch the issue before Cryo Archive returns, consider sanctions for griefing, and reward the affected players, while teasing a new Ranked Cryo activity for season 1.
A Forbes analysis argues Bungie is juggling two major efforts—Destiny 2’s ongoing live-service operation and the development of Marathon—by sharing talent, leadership, and resources in ways that may dilute focus and threaten timelines for both projects as the studio tries to keep Destiny stable while Marathon moves forward.
Thousands of runners and spectators filled Bethlehem for the Palestine Marathon and Half Marathon, marking the event's return after a two-year pause caused by Gaza War restrictions, with participants from across the West Bank and abroad and a concurrent Gaza race as a fragile ceasefire holds.
Sony disclosed a $765 million impairment charge against Bungie’s assets for FY2025/26, driven by the underperformance of Destiny 2 and Marathon. The hit includes about $200 million recognized in Q2 and $565 million in Q4, reducing Bungie’s accounted value, while Sony still posted a 12% operating income gain thanks to network services and favorable FX. Bungie was acquired for $3.6 billion in 2022, and the fate of Marathon remains uncertain as the developers vow to press on.
Sony disclosed a $765 million impairment tied to Bungie after Marathon’s launch, signaling a drop in Bungie’s value amid weak player counts and reception for the extraction shooter; the write‑down contributed to a year‑over‑year drop in operating income, even as PS5 shipments approach 100 million and the company cautions Bungie may not recoup the losses.