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Marathon’s Future: Bungie Bets on PvE Growth With Symbiosis Update
games18 days ago

Marathon’s Future: Bungie Bets on PvE Growth With Symbiosis Update

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.

via Kotaku|
#bungie#games#marathon
Marathon Drops Seasons for Symbiosis Update and PvE Push
video-games22 days ago

Marathon Drops Seasons for Symbiosis Update and PvE Push

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.

via Aftermath|
#bungie#marathon#pve
Marathon pivots to permanent PvE with Symbiosis, signaling a broader Bungie revamp
technology24 days ago

Marathon pivots to permanent PvE with Symbiosis, signaling a broader Bungie revamp

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.

via Game Developer|
#bungie#extraction-shooter#marathon
Marathon delays permanent PvE and abandons fixed seasons, targeting a December Symbiosis update
gaming25 days ago

Marathon delays permanent PvE and abandons fixed seasons, targeting a December Symbiosis update

Marathon's long-awaited permanent PvE mode and accompanying updates have been pushed from September to December 8 as part of the Symbiosis update, which will also bring a new Runner shell, a social space for weapon testing, onboarding improvements, a refreshed Perimeter zone, and an experimental team deathmatch mode. In the meantime, October 6 will deliver a smaller update that resets progression and the economy, adds a Rewards Pass, and includes QoL improvements, while Vault Breaker returns for a limited time. Bungie also confirms a shift away from a strict seasonal release cadence to give the team more time to build and test features, amid ongoing staffing challenges and industry-wide changes.

via Eurogamer.net|
#bungie#gaming#marathon-2026
Marathon Ditches Seasons in Favor of a December Symbiosis Pivot
news25 days ago

Marathon Ditches Seasons in Favor of a December Symbiosis Pivot

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.

via Kotaku|
#bungie#marathon#news
Unlikely hitchhiker: remora clings to turtle ashore for 19 minutes in Costa Rica study
science2 months ago

Unlikely hitchhiker: remora clings to turtle ashore for 19 minutes in Costa Rica study

Researchers in Costa Rica observed a remora clinging to an olive ridley sea turtle as it left the water to nest, surviving about 19 minutes out of water—a rare, prolonged land encounter suggesting a possible longer-term host–remora relationship. The team briefly removed the remora to measure the turtle’s shell before returning it to the ocean, and the fish remained energetic, prompting questions about how remoras survive air and the dynamics of their association with hosts.

via BBC Wildlife Magazine|
#costa-rica#hitchhiker#remora
Desert moss hosts surprising fungal partners, reshaping plant history
science3 months ago

Desert moss hosts surprising fungal partners, reshaping plant history

Researchers found mycorrhizal fungi inside desert moss, with branching structures in the moss leaves suggesting a potential moss–fungi symbiosis. The fungal communities inside moss differed from surrounding soil, implying a deliberate association rather than contamination. If confirmed, this could reshape moss biology and illuminate how plants first moved from sea to land.

via BBC Wildlife Magazine|
#desert-biocrusts#early-plant-evolution#moss
Face Mites May Be Evolving Into a Symbiotic Partnership With Humans
science3 months ago

Face Mites May Be Evolving Into a Symbiotic Partnership With Humans

New genomic work on Demodex folliculorum, the tiny facial mite living in human hair follicles, shows humans are its primary habitat and that the mite’s genome has shrunk to essentials, likely tied to a sheltered, night-time lifestyle. The study suggests these mites may be evolving from parasites toward obligate symbionts, potentially even offering benefits like keeping facial pores clear, while their limited gene pool could push them toward an evolutionary dead end. Researchers highlight unusual body features and a mating pattern that occurs at night, underscoring how intimately these mites coexist with us.

via ScienceAlert|
#demodex-folliculorum#genome-reduction#human-skin
Cockroaches Harbor Thousands of Bacterial DNA Fragments in Their Genomes
science3 months ago

Cockroaches Harbor Thousands of Bacterial DNA Fragments in Their Genomes

A University of Sydney-led study analyzing 18 cockroach and termite genomes finds pervasive horizontal gene transfer from the bacterial endosymbiont Blattabacterium cuenoti, with about 40,485 DNA fragments (including non-coding bits) embedded in cockroach DNA—some persisting for up to ~28.7 million years—raising questions about their function and suggesting HGT may be more common in eukaryotes than previously thought.

via ScienceAlert|
#cockroaches#evolution#genomics
Remoras: From Helpful Hitchhikers to Potential Parasites
science5 months ago

Remoras: From Helpful Hitchhikers to Potential Parasites

Remoras, long seen as mutualistic hitchhikers that clean and shield their hosts, may be more parasitic than previously thought. New research notes reduced grazing by hosts with remoras present and rare cases of remoras entering manta rays’ cloacae, a behavior dubbed “cloacal diving” that challenges the traditional view of a beneficial relationship and highlights the parasite-like potential of these clingy fish.

via Defector|
#cloacal-diving#marine-biology#parasitism
Remoras Dive Deep: New Findings Reframe Hitchhiking With Manta Rays
science5 months ago

Remoras Dive Deep: New Findings Reframe Hitchhiking With Manta Rays

A new study documents remoras diving into manta ray cloacas and attaching beneath gill slits across manta species, suggesting these hitchhikers may be more invasive than previously thought. While remoras can help by cleaning parasites, their aggressive attachment can increase drag and cause injuries, pushing the relationship along a spectrum from mutualism to parasitism and raising concerns for manta rays already facing threats from fishing, habitat loss, and climate change. Researchers emphasize the interaction is nuanced and context-dependent, potentially beneficial in some cases and costly in others.

via Yahoo News UK|
#cloaca#manta-rays#parasitism
Color-changing surgeonfish signals for a clean at the Great Barrier Reef
science5 months ago

Color-changing surgeonfish signals for a clean at the Great Barrier Reef

Diver Jamie Wilson filming the Great Barrier Reef captured hundreds of pale surgeonfish visiting a cleaning station, and one fish abruptly darkened from white to black. Scientists say such color changes may signal to cleaner wrasse that the fish is ready for a cleaning and not a threat, aiding parasite removal and communication in reef ecosystems.

via BBC Wildlife Magazine|
#animal-behavior#coral-reef#great-barrier-reef
The living trap: how ants and fungus rig a plant to catch prey
science8 months ago

The living trap: how ants and fungus rig a plant to catch prey

Researchers describe a three-way symbiosis in the Amazon between the shrub Hirtella physophora, the ant Allomerus decemarticulatus, and a cultivated fungus. The ants fashion a trap by cutting plant hairs and using fungal adhesive to build a stem platform with pores, where they ambush prey much larger than themselves; crickets are overcome and consumed. The plant gains defense and sugar rewards; the ants get prey, and the fungus feeds on waste, making a rare win-win-win interaction.

via BBC Wildlife Magazine|
#ants#ecology#myrmecophily