Marathon's Symbiosis update adds a permanent PvE mode
Bungie is stepping away from the seasonal model, adding a social space and a new character on December 8.
Bungie has detailed Symbiosis, the next major update for Marathon, arriving December 8. It moves the extraction shooter away from the usual seasonal reset and instead adds a permanent player-versus-environment mode, a social space where players can meet outside a raid, and a new character called Bishop.
It is a notable shift for a game in a genre built on competitive tension and wiped progression, and it also signals how Bungie is trying to widen the audience for a title that has had a difficult first year. The update touches the Perimeter map as well.
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Marathon
Marathon is Bungie's extraction shooter, a revival of the 1994 series as a squad-based raid game with player-run economies and story delivered through terminals and spaces between runs.