Marathon Reveals New PVE Mode and Big Plans for the Future

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Bungie revealed a new PVE-only mode for Marathon arriving in Season 2, designed to remove player-vs-player combat and emphasize cooperative objective play against bots. The studio will also experiment with a PVE mode that allows some light PVP and is developing a purely PVP-focused mode for future experiments. Bungie plans onboarding improvements and major revisions across Seasons 2–5 to broaden appeal and deepen the experience for both new and hardcore players. Sony’s recent earnings note that Marathon underperformance contributed to a large impairment, and Bungie frames these updates as part of a multi-year effort to grow the playerbase.

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