AUSTIN WOOD × MARATHON

Every piece Austin Wood has written about Marathon.

19 articles spanning Marathon's coverage, newest first.

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27 MAY
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·27 May
Shrugging off a Steam review bomb after Destiny 2 ends, Marathon tries its best in Season 2 reveal
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14 MAY
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·14 May
Marathon is getting a "PVE-only mode" as Bungie responds to the state of the game
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27 APR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·27 Apr
Marathon boss says extraction shooters are like The Lord of the Rings and that's why they need PvP
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14 APR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·14 Apr
Bungie makes Marathon less vicious as players keep leaving: update adds free solo self-revives, a way to revive enemy runners, and a "stay together" option for good teammates
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31 MAR
2 pieces
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GamesRadar+·31 Mar
Marathon boss cryptically suggests the game is too hard, outright confirms "we have some iterations / big balance changes brewing right now"
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GamesRadar+·31 Mar
Marathon just buffed the best loot you can find outside Cryo Archive and nerfed the Thief movement exploit that sweaty players were abusing into the ground
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24 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·24 Mar
Marathon sold just 1.2 million copies with nearly 70% on Steam, analyst estimates: "It hasn't exactly made the splash Sony and Bungie wanted"
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17 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·17 Mar
If you were hoping for Destiny raid loot from Marathon's Cryo Archive map, these exclusive mods ought to do it: "This weapon deals significantly increased damage against [REDACTED]"
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16 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·16 Mar
Bungie is filling the biggest hole in Marathon: duos mode rolling out as an "experimental feature" this week on Perimeter only, but that's a start
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2 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·2 Mar
Marathon is the third-best-selling game on Steam after its big server slam, only trailing Resident Evil Requiem and Valve's eternal Counter-Strike
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27 FEB
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·27 Feb
Marathon's UI is a headache that I fear will send me right back to Arc Raiders – tedious even for Bungie, grandmaster of ridiculous Destiny currencies
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12 FEB
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·12 Feb
Marathon server slam announced, open preview weekend starts February 26 as Bungie prepares for long-awaited March launch
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20 JAN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·20 Jan
Comparisons to Concord didn't feel great, says ex Marathon art director, but "as much as the haters try online ... you can't take the thing I care about the most"
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15 JAN
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·15 Jan
Bungie shows off Marathon's reworked "Runner Shell" classes, and I'm still worried about invisibility and wall hacks in a PvP-heavy extraction shooter
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2 DEC 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·2 Dec 2025
Stolen Marathon art issue "resolved" with Bungie and Sony "to my satisfaction," original artist says
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18 JUN 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·18 Jun 2025
Marathon is delayed, but don't worry, Bungie says it just has to work on the AI, loot, combat, graphics, narrative, playlists, prox chat, and oops that's the whole game isn't it?
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