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  "description": "Here's exactly when the Nightfall update goes live in your region, plus the wipe, new map, and Sentinel shell.",
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  "textContent": "Season 2 of _Marathon_ , titled Nightfall, lands very soon, and it doubles as a smart jumping-on point. Veterans get a fresh batch of content and the game's first seasonal reset, while newcomers get a free window to try everything without paying upfront.\n\nBefore the new map and gear, the first thing most players want is the clock. Here's when the update unlocks and what's waiting on the other side of the download.\n\n🕙\n\nMarathon Season 2 goes live on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 5PM UTC for every region at once.\n\n* * *\n\n## Marathon Season 2 release date and time for all regions\n\nThe Nightfall update flips on for everyone at the same moment, so players in Tokyo or Sydney aren't waiting an extra day even though their local calendar reads June 3. Expect a short maintenance window beforehand, during which servers go down and you'll be locked out until the patch finishes rolling out. You'll also need to grab the update on your platform to access the new content.\n\nTime zone| Date and time\n---|---\nPacific (PDT)| June 2, 2026 — 10:00 AM\nMountain (MDT)| June 2, 2026 — 11:00 AM\nCentral (CDT)| June 2, 2026 — 12:00 PM\nEastern (EDT)| June 2, 2026 — 1:00 PM\nBrasília (BRT)| June 2, 2026 — 2:00 PM\nUTC / GMT| June 2, 2026 — 5:00 PM\nCentral Europe (CEST)| June 2, 2026 — 7:00 PM\nEastern Europe (EEST)| June 2, 2026 — 8:00 PM\nMoscow (MSK)| June 2, 2026 — 8:00 PM\nIndia (IST)| June 2, 2026 — 10:30 PM\nChina (CST)| June 3, 2026 — 1:00 AM\nJapan (JST)| June 3, 2026 — 2:00 AM\nAustralia East (AEST)| June 3, 2026 — 3:00 AM\nNew Zealand (NZST)| June 3, 2026 — 5:00 AM\n\nThe update arrives on Windows PC, Xbox Series S|X, and PlayStation 5.\n\n* * *\n\n## Free Open Play Week (June 2 to June 9)\n\nAlongside the season launch, Bungie is running an Open Play Week from June 2 through June 9. Anyone can hop in and play for free during that stretch, and if you decide to buy the game afterward, your progress carries over. It's a low-commitment way to test the extraction loop before spending anything.\n\n* * *\n\n## The seasonal reset, explained\n\nNightfall brings the first-ever seasonal wipe, which is the headline change for returning players. A big chunk of your progress resets to zero so newcomers and veterans start on even footing. The catch: claim any Ranked rewards before the season flips, because once it does, they're gone.\n\nHere's what gets wiped at the start of Season 2:\n\n  * Runner Level and Ranked Level.\n  * Faction Level and upgrades.\n  * Credits and currencies, except LUX and Silk.\n  * Everything in your inventory and Vault.\n  * Purchases unlocked through Schemas.\n  * Mailbox messages, rewards, and returned items.\n  * Priority Contracts, except the first contract for each faction.\n  * Gear-granting seasonal codex entries tied to your Runner and Ranked levels.\n\n\n\nPlenty stays put, though. Your combat, feat, loot, map, Runner, and title Codex challenges survive, as do Faction unlocks, Rewards Pass progress, and Cryo Archive subroutine progress. The Cradle, a new system that levels up Runner stats across six categories, also resets each season.\n\n🎁\n\nYour final Runner Level in Season 1 decides which Sponsored Kits land in your mailbox at launch — Level 10, 25, 50, and 75 each grant a kit, so hitting 75 nets you all four.\n\n* * *\n\n## What's new in Marathon Season 2: Nightfall\n\nThe centerpiece is a night variant of the Dire Marsh map. Bungie describes it as slower and closer to survival horror: fewer players, more environmental hazards, and new mechanics that test you while you're effectively a sense down. To cope with the dark, every Runner gets fresh light-based gear, including flashlights, Vector rounds that leave glowing pools where bullets land, Vector grenades, Darksight scopes for traversal, and multi-colored Signal Flares.\n\nThere's also a new Runner Shell called Sentinel, built to hold and defend ground. Its Prime ability, Defender System, drops an automated laser platform that shoots down incoming grenades and missiles while improving weapon handling for nearby teammates. The tactical Snare Mine is a proximity trap that bursts into immobilizing submunitions, the Castle Doctrine passive boosts resistances after splash damage, and Prey Tracker briefly reveals moving targets on radar.\n\nOn the sandbox side, two weapons join the pool:\n\n  * KKV-9SD — a suppressed, pistol-frame SMG that fires a blistering 1,200 rounds per minute and supports a new folding stock mod.\n  * D54 Battle Pistol — a full-auto, three-round-burst sidearm with a red dot, tuned for close-range duels.\n\n\n\nEight new chips also arrive, including Brain Freeze (precision downs spread Frost), Alarmist (projectile impacts trigger a proximity drone alert), and Scrapyard (kills can spawn heal items or materials). Implants are getting reworked too, now named after their perk with fixed stats, making it quicker to tell them apart while looting.\n\nIf you want the full breakdown straight from the developer, Bungie's Season 2 details post covers everything.\n\n* * *\n\nWith a wipe, a moody new map, and a defensive Sentinel shell all dropping at once, June 2 is shaping up to be a real test of whether _Marathon_ can keep its crowd around. Set your alarm for 10AM PT and grab those Sponsored Kits before the slate gets cleared.",
  "title": "Marathon Season 2 Nightfall: Launch Times and What's New (June 2)",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-01T19:13:15.788Z"
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