Overview
- Marathon launched Season 2 on June 2 with major changes, including an overhauled progression system, a new Runner character type, a nighttime Night Marsh map, and a survival‑horror‑infused Sponsored Survival mode.
- Hours after the update went live players faced elevated 'Weasel,' 'Anteater,' and 'Monkey' error codes that disconnected users mid‑match and forced Bungie to take servers offline for emergency maintenance.
- Bungie issued a patch and restored servers by early June 3, advised players to restart if errors persist, and said anyone who played between June 2, 10:00 AM PT and 4:00 PM PT would receive seven sponsored kits as compensation.
- The timing was especially sensitive because the game is free for the first week and had been promoted during PlayStation’s State of Play, making conversion and concurrent‑player metrics particularly important to Bungie after it shifted resources away from active Destiny 2 development.
- Community reaction ranged from frustrated streamers to players reporting lingering bugs such as missing codex and VIP cosmetic unlocks, and the studio’s public fixes and make‑goods will be watched as an early test of Marathon’s ability to retain new and returning players.