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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 28/09/2026

Gathering (less) intel. Nightfall Refresh begins October 6.

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 24/09/2026

We’ve got a lot to show you about what’s next for Marathon, from Nightfall Refresh in October, to Symbiosis in December, and Marathon’s evolution in March. youtu.be/YaLvrG6-kkM Hear directly from Del Chafe III and Julia Nardin: bung.ie/marathonfuture

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 23/09/2026

Reset. Reclaim. Refresh. Make sure you're up to date on what stays and what goes when the Nightfall Refresh begins October 6.

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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 22/09/2026

🚨 The season 8 finale of Game Changer is out now on Dropout—featuring judges Maria Bamford, Kumail Nanjiani, Gianmarco Soresi, and 23 players!

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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 21/09/2026

🃏 TONIGHT! A new episode of Game Changer launches on Dropout at 7PM ET / 4PM PT! Featuring host Sam Reich, 23 players, and judges: 🦑 Maria Bamford 🦑 Kumail Nanjiani 🦑 Gianmarco Soresi

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Bungie @bungie.net · 21/09/2026

Today, we’re sharing more about the future of Bungie, including our plans for Destiny, Marathon, and how we’re changing the way we work. youtu.be/asnrQ1UoBQM Read more on Bungie.net: bung.ie/bungiefuture

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In tonight’s edition of “Conversations with an Eight Year Old”: Me: “Bob” is short for Robert. Kid: Really? Me: You could also shorten Robert to Rob. Kid: But in @marathonthegame.bungie.net , BOB means “Born on Board”, right? Me: 🤣🤣🤣 Me: I forgot you knew that.

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I saw this in Discord and it made me laugh so much I have to share it wider.

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Can't believe Little Bobby Tables is all grown up and has had their first kid, Ignore All Previous Instructions

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Valve @valvesoftware.com · 14/09/2026

Steam Frame is here! Our wireless VR headset + controllers, available now in the following models: Steam Frame 256GB Steam Frame 1TB Sign up now and learn more on @steampowered.com : store.steampowered.com/hardware/ste...

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Marathon Development Team @marathonteam.bungie.net · 14/09/2026

We’re making changes to Marathon’s update plans and how we deliver new content. We’re moving away from a strict seasonal schedule to give the team more flexibility to build, test, and improve features before release. (1/2)

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 26/08/2026

Now tracking Sentinel wallpapers [1/3]

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 26/08/2026

SENTINEL SHELL // DEFENSIVE STRATEGIST ZONE CONTROL TECH PREPPED, PRIMED, AND READY

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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

this was supposed to be torture, but our topeka improvisers made it neary impossible not to laugh. it takes very clever comedians to do "bad comedy" funnily. switching seats? going through a drive-thru? all their ideas. big ups to - for one day only - "your little dog too"

Sam takes a selfie with our makeshift Topeka improv group "Your Little Dog Too" on the set of Game Changer - What's the Catch: Tamiah Coffee, CJ Williams-Herrera, Dylan Hart, West Kester, and Isaac Bird.

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This year, the kid is into marine biology. He particularly loves sharks, so he and my wife made shark cupcakes for his party this year. The dorsal fins are white chocolate, colored gray, which is much harder to do than we expected. And when you bite into them, there’s a strawberry sauce surprise. 😉

A tray full of shark cupcakes. They have sea blue icing with blue, white, and green sanding sugar to give the appearance of sea foam. There is a gray shark dorsal fin sticking out of the center of each.

A three tiered shark display tray with shark cupcakes on each tier. The vertical part of the tray is meant to look like a breaching shark and each tier is a blue disc decorated with coral and other undersea stuff.

A shark cupcake with a wedge taken out of it. The inside shows a vanilla cupcake with strawberry sauce pooling out of the middle.

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 13/08/2026

Next week's update is a blast.

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Instructions unclear: Frog blasting the vent core!

A screenshot of Marathon showing the subtitles of Oni saying "Reminder: Do not, under any circumstances, frog blast the vent core."

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./yemáko/badgames.zip @badgameszip.itch.io · 10/08/2026

sorry to the haters but the CORRECT order to play the series is A Short Hike Big Walk Marathon

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 06/08/2026

Experts Find Smoking Filtered Cigarettes Reduces Risk of Breathing Seattle’s Air: tinyurl.com/pj5ke84z

Older couple happily smoking cigarettes on a park bench

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 05/08/2026

All Vault Breakers are officially on notice: BogOnMyDog proves that solo-clearing the Compiler on Trios difficulty is possible! Watch clips from the fight: youtube.com/shorts/cC0sH... Or head to Bog's Youtube for the full run: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcoD...

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 04/08/2026

Update 1.1.5.2 releases today. Vault Breaker has been extended to Aug 18 to give everyone more time with Cryo PvE! 🧠Full details: bung.ie/1152

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Back To The Future: Great Scott!

ALT: Back To The Future: Great Scott!

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 24/07/2026

Most Destroyer shells are equipped with a personality series codenamed Locus, tuned to deliver confidence and calm under duress regardless of the level of threat faced.

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Marathon Development Team @marathonteam.bungie.net · 21/07/2026

Hey all, we're aware of a few issues that were introduced with today's update and wanted to get some information to you on status of investigations.

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Bungie Server Status @bungieserverstatus.bungie.net · 09/07/2026

Correction... [#MarathonGame] Upcoming Maintenance: Update 1.1.0.5 TIMELINE 📅July 9, 9 AM – 1:00 PM PDT (-7 UTC) 🛠️Downtime Start & End: 9 AM PDT – 12 PM PDT 🚀New Update Released: 11 AM PDT 🔓Login Available: 12 PM PDT Full Schedule: 🐛 bung.ie/marathonserver

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A lot of my coworkers made retrospective posts about Destiny 2 shortly after the big announcement was made. Knowing that I would be working on releasing one of the last patches on Bungie Day, I figured that would be a great time for me to post one... ...but the state of the industry makes it tough.

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In 2009, my original gamertag got corrupted on Microsoft’s end. They apologized, gave me like five years of XBL, and told me to make a new account. That’s why my first entry here is from 2009, not 2004. Check out my #Xbox25 Milestones via @TrueAchievement www.trueachievements.com/xbox25/606899

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Trevor Basset @trevorbasset.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Logo explorations for The Final Shape. This was the first branding project I worked on at Bungie.

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My wife is out for a girls night, so the kid and I are having a boys movie night! I gave him the choice of movie and tonight we’re watching a classic I haven’t seen in about 20 years! Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit!

The poster for Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit. It shows Wallace, a claymation human wearing a blue jumpsuit and holding a grabber, and Gromit, a claymation dog with a blue hat holding a sprayer. Behind them is a gigantic pumpkin with the initials WG on it.

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It’s been a rough couple of days, but at least one bright spot is that my @falloutplays.bsky.social Pantheon 2 shirt came in the mail!

A picture of Fallout’s Pantheon shirt. It features pencil drawings of each of the bosses and the Godsbane seal.

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Tripp Page (but scary) @tripppage.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

more formal i guess: i was part of the bungie/sie layoffs today. if you've seen a image from marathon or destiny 2 since 2021, you've prob seen my work which was a mix of still capture and compositing for those games. ill miss working on one of my favorite games of all time with my favorite people.

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Trevor Basset @trevorbasset.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I was impacted by the Bungie layoffs today and will greatly miss my team and working on games. I’m looking for a new role as a brand designer.

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Garrett Jones @supersamuri0987.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Impacted by the layoffs today. I was really hoping Bungie could hold on for at least another 2 years so I could get my 15 year sword XD It's been a dream to get to work with the best developers in the industry making some of the coolest shit. May all of us land on our feet <3

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Morgen @makeadent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Like many of my dear friends and teammates, I was affected by the layoffs at Bungie today ❤️ I have zero regrets - I made the memories that I craved when I started down this path, and I walk away with them proudly in hand Thank you all, friends, fans, and teammates :) Per audacia ad astra!

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Andrew G Davis @agdtinman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

22 years. I joined a few months before Halo 2 shipped. Onto whatever comes next.

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Olive Wesley @lindydragon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I too am part of this round of layoffs at Bungie. It’s been real, y’all 🫡

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who reached out. My job is safe, but so many incredibly talented and amazing people are now looking for work, including people from my team. If you happen to be hiring, please reach out to them! There is an astounding amount of talent and expertise on the market now.

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John Ebenger @johnebenger.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The entire Cinematic org was included. Let me know if you're looking to pick up a Director and/or other talented cine folks at any level.

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Artem Sorokin @artagah.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I got impacted by today's layoffs, as is essentially the entire Destiny VFX team, leads and all. It was a good half decade, Bungie. If y'all know a project that needs a VFX artist I can make you some pretty sparkles :) www.artstation.com/artagah

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ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.

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Lisa Pelayre (LFW) @priello.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have been impacted by the layoffs at Bungie/SIE. While today's news hurts, I do not have a single regret from my near 7 years here. I have grown so much as a Producer and a person and it's because of the people I worked with.

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🎃ALL HALLOW'S VERMIN👻 @legendaryvermin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Bungie and Sony deemed me too powerful to continue working for them and—fearing for their very lives—have loosed me upon the world.

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Amanda @draseria.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Survived two layoffs only finally lose it on this one. To the RAD Team: it’s been an honor and a privilege. To the D2 Team: y’all were incredible and deserve better. To the players: I’m sorry.

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Lynne @overquailified.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Well folks, the hand of the market got me: I've been impacted by layoffs at Bungie. It's been an incredible, astonishing pleasure working on Destiny 2 and a small part of Marathon with so many wonderful, talented folks. This was my first AAA job, at a studio whose games I'd played since childhood.

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Max Rauffer @maxr00.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I was affected by the Bungie layoffs this morning along with about 50% of the company. It's been an honor working with such talented people at what has always been my dream job

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Viv @ Home @dizzybreak.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

WELP ITS BEEN REAL but I was hit by today's bungie layoffs ✨ Happy about what I got to make and the showing I made of it, though. see u space cowboys.... u_u7

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Ash | Wishlist Cartomantic on Steam! @ashmakes.games · 25/06/2026

I've been affected by the layoffs sweeping across Bungie. I have a lot of feelings about how things went down, but mainly I'm grateful for the talented people I've worked with closely. Grateful to have had this opportunity as my first industry job. You may be seeing me more often from now on. 🖤

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David Hostler @outcastace.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

When I first started here, one of the things my boss told me was "We don't have normal SQL problems here". And she was right! One of the things I love most about my job is that there are always opportunities to learn. You know it's a fun day when up to your neck in undocumented DBCC commands!

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