Marathon has been continuing to drop tweaks, hotfixes, and updates since its early March release date to keep players engaged and to try and attract new gamers to the tough extraction shooter. The latest update just arrived and it makes another big change to reduce a big hurdle for more casual players.

Update 1.0.6.2 is available now and includes a long list of tweaks for Marathon players to dig into. The biggest highlight though is a tweak to the item economy that gives all players one free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit each week.

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To enter the Cryo Archive, players need to meet several requirements. One of the biggest hurdles for more casual players is that to enter the map your loadout needs to be worth at least 5,000 credits.…