Overview
- Marathon’s Season 2 update, which launched June 2, was crippled by widespread Anteater, Monkey and Weasel error codes that kicked players out of matches and forced Bungie to take servers offline for several hours.
- Bungie performed emergency maintenance, deployed a patch to restore service and promised in‑game compensation by sending seven sponsored deluxe kits to players who were active during the affected window.
- After servers came back up, players and outlets reported remaining bugs such as codex and unlock failures that left some VIP players missing season rewards despite having earned them.
- Sony updated the PlayStation Store Deluxe Edition listing to clarify purchases made during the free Open Play Week only grant deluxe add‑ons temporarily and do not include permanent access to the base game, prompting refund requests and community complaints.
- The outage undercut a Steam peak of roughly 30,000–40,000 concurrent players and heightens commercial risk for Bungie as it shifts resources from Destiny 2 to Marathon, putting extra pressure on stability, conversion and storefront handling going forward.