Marathon's “The Art Theft” explained

Summary

Bungie faces resistance with the controversy of art theft around the upcoming game marathon.
The artist Antireal accuses Bungia of theft of Art in Marathon after he saw identical copies of his work in the game environment.
Bungie's reputation is threatened by accusation of theft of art, lack of preventive systems and potential delay for marathon.

For Bungie it was for Bungia for several months Destiny 2is the final shape expansion, with the release of the nationwide society, several controversies on the state of Looter-Shooter and now with problems Marathon Before his currently planned release on 23 September. Marathon He went through several phases, allegedly working as a hero shooter at some point, while now he is a focused PVPVE shooter with customizable characters and loading. The conversation surrounding the game was mostly mixed, with a tendency to the negative and recent controversy of theft of art surrounding MarathonStyle and artist 4NT1R34L (Antireal) does not help those on the fence.

Antireal recently took on Twitter to express the restlessness and frustration of seeing her work, dating until 2017, all over Marathon Alpha test. The artist used the platform to show his work with graphic design and how it was found everywhere MarathonThe world, many times rising directly from the Antireal posters – a line for a line, a word for a word. Since then, Bungie has acknowledged this problem both on both social media and in a livestock, but the parties have not yet achieved solutions.

Marathon alpha players want to see the game delay

Marathon Alpha players want the game to be delayed

Players attending Bungie's Alpha for the upcoming first -person shooter Marathon ask the developer to delay its release.

As the marathon ended with “stolen” art in his environment

Anti -shared images of her posters, including the same writing “Aleph”, font and artistic style used in the game as well Marathon 1: 1. On social media, Bungia issued a statement about theft of art that said an internal investigation was carried out, and it seemed that the former employee had left several decals that included Antireal's art in a texture letter that then got into MarathonSci-fi world.

The counterargument used is that Antireal's artistic style is not something she invented, and while games like Wipeout or The Graphic Design Studio The Designers Republic shares a similar direction and elements, many parts of Antireal's work are located in Marathon.

Bungie's statement of theft of art in marathon and reactions explained

Bungie then said that the studio addressed Antireal and wants to do it directly with her and that the art team did not know that her art was used without permission. This statement did not fit well with several fans of the game and Bungie as a developer for several key reasons. One of them is that the statement was released less than 12 hours after Antireal's Post, so it seemed to be a PR sensation rather than the result of a thorough investigation. Another is that this is the fourth time when Bungia has been publicly accused of plagiarism in the last few years.

The first happened in 2021, when an art of xivi arath was used without permission Destiny 2. The second time was in 2023, when the fan art was used Destiny 2 cutscene. The third time occurred in 2024 Destiny 2The design of the ESO of Spades Nerf Gun is raised from the fan design, with the replica showing identical patterns. As such, anti -signs of evidence Marathon He uses her art without permission is quite problematic for Bungie's trust and shows that society needs a prevention system for the future.

Finally, but no less important, several Twitter users noted that multiple Marathon And Bungia developers follow the Antireal on the platform, including the art director of the game Joseph Cross. Many of them therefore doubt that the whole can actually be attached to a single former employee. Whether this is true, it remains to be seen, and the same applies to what kind of Bungia and Antireal resolution it will find if they exist. MarathonThe release date is approaching, but there is a chance that the controversy will force Bungia to postpone the extraction shooter at the end of this year or 2026.