Banholzer: “Marathon,” first contact

Marathon Cracks Down On Cool Exploits To Make Things Fair

Slide canceling is out as Bungie tries to preserve fairness

Banholzer: “Marathon,” first contact

Bungie’s “Marathon” is a bizarre video game. On one hand, the art style is original and unique, the gunplay on PC is gratifying and the enemy NPCs are some of the best I’ve ever seen in a PvPvE extraction shooter. But it also struggles with terrible UI and a fundamental flaw that ultimately holds back Bungie’s latest game from achieving the greatness the studio needs it to.  I first playtested “Marathon” in 2024, and came away feeling disappoint…

Marathon’s latest patch fixes a move exploit Bungie says is ‘unhealthy’

Version 1.0.5.2 also makes more than 20 other changes and bug fixes…

Marathon's most broken movement trick has been removed, while Bungie brings back a lucrative shortcut on its toughest map.

Marathon has seen significant changes as part of its latest balance patch, including the outright removal of its most busted movement technique, the re-opening of a controversial shortcut in The Outpost map, and made the loot (and challenge) of The Outpost's central region harder.

Marathon Update: Bungie Fixes Speed Exploit & More!

Bungie has swiftly addressed a recently discovered movement exploit within its classic first-person shooter, Marathon. The issue, allowing players to achieve unexpectedly…

Bungie have killed off a speedy movement exploit in Marathon's latest update, and they'll do it again if they have to

There is always a risk with a live service game, or any game with only competitive elements, that it enters the Cool For Some Zone. This is a space that exists within a given game and also around it, a place where you can pull off Sick Tricks as a result of movement tech not purposefully included in the game, but born as an incidental result of mashing buttons in just the right way. And until today, Marathon found itself in said zone, but Bungie…