{"id":1507808,"date":"2026-02-23T20:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwa4ibW9nx7KqHoZ3n64XQ"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:05:51","slug":"anyone-found-to-be-cheating-will-be-permabanned-from-playing-marathon-forever-bungies-doubling-down-on-security-following-arc-raiders-recent-foibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/anyone-found-to-be-cheating-will-be-permabanned-from-playing-marathon-forever-bungies-doubling-down-on-security-following-arc-raiders-recent-foibles\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned from playing Marathon forever’: Bungie’s doubling down on security following Arc Raiders’ recent foibles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we’ve learned from the likes of Arc Raiders<\/a> as of late, cheating and exploits are absolutely game-breaking in an extraction shooter. The recent item duplication glitch<\/a> forced Embark to dish out warnings and bans<\/a> after it broke the in-game economy, though there have been fears over big-name content creators getting preferential treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bungie has evidently been taking notes in the background, as it has just released a hefty blog<\/a> on how it will handle cheating and networking issues in Marathon<\/a>. The answer? It’s not going easy on these issues or those who go out of their way to ruin the game for others.<\/p>\n

“We want you to know your deaths are due to your own mistakes or enemy outplays\u2014not because your run was compromised by network issues, cheaters, or the hardware hosting your connection to the world,” the blog reads. “No network or security model can guarantee perfection”, but it’s “committed to protecting the Marathon competitive experience.”<\/p>\n

So here’s a rundown of the basics:<\/p>\n