Lars Bakken (he/him)

Senior Design Lead on Marathon @Bungie. Lover of games, dogs, pizza, and horror films. #BlackLivesMatter Comments are my own.

[Lars Bakken (he/him) @lars_bakken]

Today we helped our dog Mads pass into Valhalla. He was an incredibly kind, loving, and loyal dog. The best, in fact.

The house feels so empty without him. My two consolations are that he’s no longer in pain and he’s with his sister Scout.

Love you pal. You were amazing. 💔

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

UPDATE: Cryo Archive is active once again! We shipped out a server hotfix a few minutes ago that has resolved the issue where some players couldn't be revived in the activity.

Many thanks to everyone for waiting to get back in while we investigated this issue.

[Destiny 2 @DestinyTheGame]

"Thank you for walking with me all these years."

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

The Vox Nocturna are seekers of hidden truth. Upgrade to the Premium Season 2 Rewards Pass and give voice to the secrets that haunt Tau Ceti.

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

Sentinel is a defensive specialist, optimized for controlling space. If being bombarded by grenades is your personal nightmare, Sentinel's the shell for you.

[Ziegler @Ziegler_Dev]

UPDATE: DAWN RISES ON SPONSORED SURVIVAL

It's been a wild week as we've been kicking off our first post launch season with season 2! First of all want to thank everyone who has come out at night to traverse the haunting landscape of Night Marsh both in our core extraction experience and in our first PVP-Lite Mode Sponsored Survival. The anomalous entities are happy for your continued visits, as it gets lonely out there when there's no runners to spook.

As we shift into week 2, we're going to let the sun rise over Tau Ceti and move sponsored survival to Perimeter, so you can all warm up from the dark night and enjoy pushing contracts for your demanding corporate clients in the daylight. Details below:

- As of 6/10 10 am PT, we will be disabling Sponsored Survival for Night Marsh and enabling Sponsored Survival for Perimeter.
- Sponsored Survival Perimeter will be available approximately 2 weeks (until 6/24/26).
- Rooks will be available to use in any of the supported queues after this change goes live.

Thanks again to everyone out there and we'll keep you updated if anything else changes. Now back to figuring out some of these other new bugs and weird things happening (so much to do...)

[Brandon O'Neill @Brandon_ONei11]

Shine on, Guardians.

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

Marathon's Open Play week continues until June 11. Play now on PlayStation5, Steam, and XBOX Series X|S.

Marathon is also on sale on each platform. Purchase now to keep playing after Open Play ends!

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

We've been made aware of an issue on the PlayStation store where players could purchase the Deluxe Edition of Marathon at a mitigated price if they added Marathon to their library during the Open Play Week. Purchasing the Deluxe Edition this way does not include the base game, and we've updated the PlayStation Store messaging to clarify.

For those of you that made this purchase before the messaging was posted on the store page, we'll be granting you the base edition of Marathon at no additional cost. This is in addition to the Deluxe Edition content. More info on timing will come soon.

Going forward, please note that if you've downloaded Marathon during the Open Play Week but have not purchased Marathon, purchasing the Deluxe Edition upgrade will only grant you access to the Deluxe Edition content for the duration of the Open Play Week, after which accessing this content will require purchase of the Marathon base edition. The price of the Deluxe Edition upgrade on the PlayStation Store reflects only the Deluxe Edition content add-ons, not the base edition price.

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

Brave the night.

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

New to Marathon? We've summarized the game loop to help you find your footing in your first few runs.

For more tutorials, head to our playlist on Youtube: https://t.co/L7Dq3NyWbU

[PlayStation @PlayStation]

Pick a Shell, and get running on Tau Ceti IV.

Marathon's Open Play Week runs now through June 9: https://t.co/krGWCMudzb

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

Marathon servers are back online.

Thank you for your patience while we completed maintenance and issued the patch. If you continue to encounter Anteater, Monkey, or Weasel errors, please restart your game and try again.

We know today's disrupted runs, contracts, and time you planned to spend in Marathon. To help make up for that disruption, we'll be sending anyone who played during the affected times (June 2, 10:00 AM PT to 4:00 PM PT) 7 Sponsored Kits to your in-game mailbox, split into two messages:
➡️ Superior CyberAcme Kit
➡️ Deluxe NuCal Kit
➡️ Deluxe MIDA Kit
➡️ Deluxe Traxus Kit
➡️ Deluxe Arachne Kit
➡️ Deluxe Sekiguchi Kit
➡️ Deluxe UESC Kit

We will continue monitoring and share additional updates if needed.

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

We have identified the issue that is currently causing elevated Anteater, Monkey, and Weasel errors in Marathon. We are taking servers offline now and are targeting 6PM PT to bring them back online in order to issue a maintenance patch.

We will continue to issue updates as soon as they're available.

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

ONGOING ISSUE:
We're continuing to investigate the Anteater, Monkey, and Weasel errors. We're also going to be sending three Deluxe Sponsored Kits to everyone who's logged in in during the affected times. These will be distributed once things are stable.

Thanks for hanging with us, and we'll share more information as soon as we can.

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

We're aware and tracking an increase in Weasel and Anteater error codes. We'll provide updates as they come in. Thank you for your reports!

[elliott @elliottgray]

i don't think i've seen any mentions of this SUPER SECRET new UI feature we added in S2, so here you go:

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

You've been watching from the outside long enough. Slip through the door from June 2 - June 9.

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

# Marathon Update 1.1.0

The one where shadows move...

https://t.co/2w8ue5c4ow

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

Season 2 is here tomorrow! Here's exactly when you'll be able to jump in:
➡️ Season 2 Launches: 10AM PT on June 2
➡️ Open Play Week Begins: 12PM PT on June 2
➡️ Open Play Week Concludes: 7AM PT on June 9

Mark those calendars!

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

https://t.co/EjW30vI9Ub