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Tigst Assefa won the 2026 Berlin Marathon in 2:11:04, setting a new course record and personal best, but a late-race injury prevented her from breaking the women's world record. She led by a minute at 15km and was on record pace at 35km, but slowed dramatically in the final two kilometers. The win secures her third Berlin title, while Guye Adola won the men's race in 2:02:50.
Bungie is overhauling its struggling extraction shooter Marathon to include lower-pressure modes and broader accessibility features, while simultaneously restoring vaulted content in Destiny 2 to rebuild trust with fans after significant layoffs and leadership changes.
Bungie is restoring vaulted Destiny 2 content for free but confirms no regular live-service updates will resume. The studio is shifting focus to evolving Marathon into a broader survival experience while acknowledging past failures in player retention.
Bungie will bring back vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations, and raids but will require updates to fit the current game, including lighting and encounters. It also plans to evolve Marathon into a deeper, more flexible survival-style experience with broader PvE/PvPvE options, and will share updates on Nightfall and Symbiosis content as it develops.
Bungie will unvault older Destiny 2 campaigns, locations and raids and tweak returning content to meet modern standards as Marathon underperforms; the studio says it will evolve both titles, including a permanent PvE mode and a social space planned for December to broaden appeal and rebuild trust.
Bungie acknowledges Marathon didn’t reach as many players as hoped and says the game needs to evolve. The studio plans to end the current seasonal model and roll out a December update called Symbiosis that adds a new PvE mode, aiming to deepen Marathon beyond its extraction-shooter roots while still offering PvP and PvPvE experiences. Bungie stresses that Marathon isn’t meant to replace Destiny, but could play a larger role in its future through expanded narrative and world-building. More details are expected later this week.
Tehran’s Friday unfolded in two contrasting scenes: unveiled women ran a 10-km marathon, including participants without headscarves, while a nearby state rally showcased hijab-clad supporters, military hardware, and large-scale mobilization. Authorities filed a judicial case against the marathon organizers for allegedly failing to meet legal and religious standards, as Iran remains tense with ongoing crackdowns on dissent and contested dress norms amid broader regional conflict dynamics.
Wardogs has sold over 2.2 million copies on Steam alone and generated about $70 million in revenue, surpassing Marathon and showing faster momentum than Arc Raiders (1.7M) and Helldivers 2 (1M) at the same $40 price; the game is Steam-only so far with PS/Xbox ports planned for 2028, and it exhibits a late hot hype cycle (11% of Wishlists converted to sales, 57% added in the last month) despite controversy over crunch comments by Bulkhead's CEO that the studio later addressed.
Bungie has dismissed a wide-ranging leak claiming Marathon would merge with Destiny, stressing that the two IPs share Bungie DNA but remain independent. The leak, traced to 4Chan and Reddit, also suggested Destiny veterans would join Marathon and a free-to-play launch with a new PvE mode, but Bungie says nothing is confirmed and Destiny 3 is not in development; Marathon and Destiny will stay separate despite the rumors.
Bungie has announced Marathon will abandon its seasonal cadence in favor of a more flexible update schedule. The forthcoming Symbiosis update, arriving December 8, adds a permanent PvE mode, a social space and firing range, an experimental PvP Deathmatch, and a refreshed Perimeter zone, while content originally planned for September will now ship as part of this update. An October 6 patch will reset the game’s economy and introduce a new battle pass. The changes aim to refresh Marathon and broaden its playstyles, though fan reception is guarded given the game’s mixed performance and Bungie’s broader business context.
Bungie will add a permanent PvE mode called Symbiosis to Marathon later this year as part of a broader shift away from the original PvPvE extraction-shooter vision; the September update is pushed back to December 8, and the studio is moving to a more flexible development cadence while continuing to refine future plans through a forthcoming blog, all amid recent Bungie layoffs and organizational changes.
Marathon’s September update has been delayed to December as Bungie abandons its seasonal model in favor of a flexible, experimentation-driven release plan. The December Symbiosis update will introduce a new Runner shell, permanent PvE, a refreshed Perimeter, a social space with a firing range, an experimental Team Deathmatch mode, and improved onboarding, with a smaller October patch to reset progression and economy. Between October and December, Bungie will run gameplay experiments as it seeks to deliver deeper progression and variety, though the firm faces declining player counts and prior layoffs that have cast doubt on the project’s revival.
Marathon is shifting its update plan: the content originally slated for September will roll out with the December 8 Symbiosis update, which adds the first permanent PvE experience, a refreshed Perimeter, a social space with a firing range, a new Runner shell, and an experimental PvP Team Deathmatch, along with improved onboarding. An October 6 update will reset progression and the in-game economy, refresh rewards, and improve the live game, while eight weeks of Gameplay experiments and ongoing dev insights will shape the future as the team moves away from strict seasonal deadlines.
Bungie, the Sony-owned studio behind Destiny 2, is exploring subleasing portions of its 210,984 sq ft Bellevue, WA campus after cutting more than 600 employees over three years, signaling a shift to a digital-first, remote-friendly workplace. The expansive HQ expansion, intended to support Destiny 2 and new IPs, now sits alongside a much smaller team and a portfolio pared back since Sony’s $3.6B acquisition, with Marathon remaining as the studio’s major project.
Bungie is extending Marathon's Vault Breaker PvE beta to August 18 to gather more data on player interest and retention after a July 28 update added a solo queue and enemy AI tweaks, with solo difficulties adjusted and a planned mid-season Season 3 PvE expansion in September; the test has shown only a small blip in concurrent players so far.