# Marathon (ماراثون)

> Marathon is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Bungie](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/bungie.md)
- Categories: Video Games
- Official site: https://www.marathonthegame.com
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/marathon

## About

Online extraction shooter developed by Bungie featuring competitive PvP gameplay

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified by a community report in March 2026 showing the game servers reject Syrian IP addresses with Bungie error code TAPIR, requiring a VPN to play. A community volunteer first contacted the company in March 2026, citing the easing of sanctions. No response or resolution yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-17 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Bungie at press@bungie.com requesting a review of restrictions preventing access to Marathon in Syria. The email cited the easing of sanctions and highlighted the growing gaming community in Syria. This is the first outreach recorded for Marathon.
- 2026-03-01 — Investigated. Community testing from Syria reported that Marathon's game servers block Syrian IP addresses. Attempting to connect to the game servers from a Syrian IP returns Bungie error code TAPIR (Access Denied), requiring a VPN to play. No evidence screenshots were provided, but the error code is a known Bungie-specific server rejection code.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/marathon?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/marathon/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/marathon
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/marathon.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/marathon.md