- Primary Subject: Marathon Game Update
- Key Update: The game's next major season has been delayed from September 22 to December 8.
- Status: Delayed
- Last Verified: 2026-09-14
- Quick Answer: Marathon's next major season update has been delayed to December 8, bringing new features like a permanent PvE mode and social hub.
Marathon’s upcoming season has been delayed, as the extraction shooter’s next major update, scheduled for September 22, will now be released on December 8, Bungie has confirmed.
The studio desperately needs Marathon to become a major success after announcing that Destiny 2 would be getting no further updates. A major delay like this, during a period in which the game needs a steady influx of players, could be catastrophic.
That said, the massive expansion could be exactly the type of content the game needs, as it will add a new Shell, a permanent PvE mode, a refreshed Perimeter zone, an experimental Team Deathmatch mode, and even a social space and firing range similar to Destiny’s Tower, alongside improvements to player onboarding.
Bungie gave no official reason for delaying the expansion, but it’s likely because the team hasn't finished work on the permanent PvE mode and wants to use the extra time to polish it until it’s in a state deemed worthy of release.
As for what will fill the content gaps between now and December, well, it’s not much. Beyond a progress reset, here is what you can expect:
- A progression and economy reset
- A new Rewards Pass
- Quality-of-life improvements
- Live tuning and balance updates
Vault Breaker will also return. Bungie did not confirm a date for it, so stay tuned for further developer updates.
With the game averaging fewer than 2,000 peak concurrent players on Steam, Bungie will need nothing short of a miracle if it wants to regain player trust with the December update. Many Destiny 2 players like myself felt betrayed by how the studio simply stopped caring about the looter shooter despite stating on multiple occasions that wouldn’t be the case.
The idea of an extraction shooter never really interested me, and seeing that Bungie’s plan to regain players involves adding a completely different slew of modes, it seems I wasn’t alone in feeling that way.
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