{"id":681733,"date":"2026-06-03T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681733\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:29:08","slug":"marathons-big-free-season-2-debut-plagued-by-server-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681733\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon’s Big Free Season 2 Debut Plagued By Server Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marathon<\/a> just received its most significant update since launch and barely anyone\u2019s able to play it right now. Bungie\u2019s extraction shooter is facing a prolonged server outage due to ongoing error issues on what was supposed to be the first day of its reintroduction to new and returning players. It\u2019s basically the worst thing that could have happened to a live-service game that\u2019s already fighting for its life.<\/p>\n

Marathon season 2<\/a> went live on June 2, bringing with it overhauled progression systems, a new character type, and a new nighttime map and survival horror-infused game mode. On paper, the changes and additions seemed great, convincing many existing players to jump back in. More importantly, the game being free for the first week made Tuesday the perfect time to try and convince some new friends to hop into the game as well.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that\u2019s been next to impossible for much of the day. Within the first couple of hours of server maintenance finishing and the game coming back online, Bungie was reporting \u201can increase in Weasel and Anteater error codes.\u201d A couple of hours later, the problems were bad enough that the studio was already distributing free loot packs<\/a> to players. By nearly 7:00 p.m. ET, the servers were brought offline to try to roll out fixes.<\/p>\n

We need additional time to complete Marathon maintenance and deploy the patch.<\/p>\n

We appreciate your patience and will provide additional updates when they are ready.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Marathon Development Team (@MarathonDevTeam) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need additional time to complete Marathon maintenance and deploy the patch,\u201d Bungie wrote<\/a> around 9:00 p.m. ET, when servers were originally supposed to come back online. \u201cWe appreciate your patience and will provide additional updates when they are ready.\u201d At the time of writing it\u2019s not immediately clear when things will be resolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sucks how good the new season felt within those couple matches I got to play,\u201d wrote<\/a> Twitch streamer Knitehawk. \u201cHopefully the next update fixes everything and we can really see what the team cooked up.\u201d<\/p>\n

What makes the timing especially unfortunate is that it comes at the same time when hundreds of thousands were tuning into Sony\u2019s big PlayStation State of Play summer showcase<\/a> and caught the promo for Marathon mid-way through. Since the game is currently free, there was no barrier to entry. It was the perfect time for people curious about the game to actually download it and check it out.<\/p>\n

If season 2 really knocks it out of the park, the initial stumble right out of the gate might not end up being a big deal. But with Destiny 2<\/a> being sunset and significant layoffs<\/a> reportedly hitting Bungie in the months ahead, Marathon needs all the help it can get.<\/p>\n

Update 6\/3\/2026, 12:00 a.m. ET: Marathon servers are back online and the error codes seem to be much less frequent. Bungie is promising a bunch of sponsored kit packages to everyone affected.<\/p>\n

Marathon servers are back online.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We know today’s disrupted runs, contracts, and time you\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Marathon Development Team (@MarathonDevTeam) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marathon just received its most significant update since launch and barely anyone\u2019s able to play it right now.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[29840,67842,56913,74],"class_list":["post-681733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-bungie","tag-marathon","tag-servers","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}