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Marathon Season 2 debuts free week, night map, Sentinel shell

6/5/2026

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Bungie Launches Season 2

Bungie launched Marathon Season 2 with a free-play week June 2-9, 2026 before the $40 purchase.
Season 2 adds a night-time Dire Marsh map rotating ninety minutes and a Sentinel runner shell that fires at incoming grenades, missiles and deploys a Snare Mine.
The Cradle provides loot sacrifice for stat points, respec, shared upgrades across shells, and a gear reset for the trial while preserving codex entries, faction unlocks, cosmetics and care packages.

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Bungie Tackles Outage

Server instability on launch day triggered Weasel, Monkey and Anteater error codes, kicking players from matches and blocking many from logging in.
Bungie responded by offering free deluxe kits and postponing the 6 pm PDT restart to 8 pm PDT for emergency fixes.
Eurogamer confirmed that a bug blocked codex unlocks and withheld some VIP cosmetic rewards.
The outage coincided with Sony’s State of Play event, limiting the free-to-play trial’s promotional impact.

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Bungie Launches Season 2

Bungie launched Marathon Season 2 with a free-play week June 2-9, 2026 before the $40 purchase.
Season 2 adds a night-time Dire Marsh map rotating ninety minutes and a Sentinel runner shell that fires at incoming grenades, missiles and deploys a Snare Mine.
The Cradle provides loot sacrifice for stat points, respec, shared upgrades across shells, and a gear reset for the trial while preserving codex entries, faction unlocks, cosmetics and care packages.

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