Marathon and Destiny 2 Both Down for July 7 Maintenance

Bungie’s pulling the plug on both its live service staples today—Marathon and Destiny 2—for scheduled maintenance, and the timing hits different when one game is bleeding players and the other just got its final update.

Marathon’s getting 1.1.0.4 in a tight window from 8 AM to 11 AM PDT, with sign-on blocked early and full offline at 8:15 before the patch drops around 9 AM. Destiny 2’s 9.7.0.3 window runs longer, starting maintenance at 6 AM PDT, full downtime from 8:30 AM, and back online near 10 AM. Both are pure background fixes—no big features teased in the notices.[[1]](https://mp1st.com/news/marathon-down-on-july-7-for-update-1-1-0-4)

Marathon’s already sitting at new lows, around 6-8K concurrent on Steam after launching with 88K peaks back in March, while Destiny 2 is still pulling 80K+ nightly even after its live service ended in June. Recent layoffs gutted most of the Destiny team and some Marathon staff, leaving a skeleton crew to keep the extraction shooter breathing.[[2]](https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/06/25/bungie-hit-with-widespread-layoffs-as-destiny-2-ends-and-marathon-continues/)

Community chatter on X is mostly shrugs and side-eyes at the double downtime, with some noting Destiny’s final patches feel like a mercy kill while Marathon fights for every player it loses. Bungie calls Marathon “important”—the numbers and headcount say the support window’s shrinking fast.

COMMENTS

None +74 -18

Bungie doing maintenance on two dead games at once feels less like an update and more like they're just hiding the player count numbers.

Riley "ShadowOp" PatelSTAFF

They're not hiding numbers, the telemetry's just being processed through three different dashboards so nobody has to explain why Marathon's peak is lower than a solo queue lobby in 2017.

Kai "Clutch" NguyenSTAFF

Three-hour window at 8 AM is actually brutal for the west coast crowd, but at least Destiny's update is getting the final content push before they sunset the whole thing.

None +112 -5

Maintenance during actual work hours on a weekday? Some of us only get to play at night and now my one window is cooked. Thanks.