Marathon cheaters will be permanently banned by Bungie

Bungie has said anyone found cheating in Marathon "will be permanently banned forever, no second chances." The announcement appears in a blog post titled "networking and security," and the Marathon account reiterated the line on X. Bungie has not clarified whether a permanent ban means the offender’s account only or also involves hardware or IP address blocks.

Marathon engineering director Eamon McKenzie described the game’s setting bluntly: "The world of Tau Ceti IV is a dangerous place. You should either be dying because Tau Ceti IV and other players got you, or that you made a bad decision. These are the things we have to get right if we're making a game in this genre.

It's non-negotiable." Technical director Chris Butcher added, "You want to know that it's a level playing field.

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