Marathon is going free-to-play for one week from June 2–9 alongside the launch of Season 2: Nightfall.
Players on will be able to play the full game for free during the event, with progress carrying over if they decide to buy it later.
The update also adds:
- A new Night Marsh zone
- PvE-focused modes
- Matchmaking improvements
- Vault/system updates
A lot of people are seeing this as Bungie trying to bring players back after the game has been losing most of its players and declining interest since launch.
Offering a full free week will surely get them some players, but idk man, I feel like the game is done.
i had to really push astra on this, but it did end up coding this nice transition from sunset -> nightfall -> moonrise -> milky way
there's not a single image in here. it's all just JS code. i'm mildly impressed
repo:
Bungie has shared an update on the future of Destiny and Marathon and knows it has much work to do to win players back.
The plan includes returning vaulted Destiny 2 content such as old campaigns, destinations, and raids. This will not happen overnight, as the content needs technical updates first.
Destiny remains a major part of its plans, with the October Nightfall Refresh and December Symbiosis update incoming.
Bungie wants to expand Marathon beyond its original extraction-shooter formula with more modes, including PvE, PvP, and PvPvE.
The studio understands player frustration and must prove change through the games themselves.
“We are not done with Destiny.”