Sony Interactive Leisure developer Bungie is underneath hearth for plagiarism as soon as once more — this time, in upcoming shooter Marathon. An artist took to X to complain that their work from 2017 was merely taken with out credit score, with some photos even carrying their portfolio title “Antireal.”
Bungie admits Marathon artwork plagiarism, blames former worker
The artist, who goes as 4nt1r34l (Antireal), claims that a number of Bungie workers together with Marathon’s lead developer have been following them on X for years, which hasn’t gone down properly with gamers. X customers jumped into motion and uncovered some fairly blatant examples of Marathon utilizing Antireal’s work, prompting Bungie to reply.
That response, nonetheless, has left gamers angrier. Utilizing a Marathon dev crew X account with considerably fewer followers than the sport’s or Bungie’s official account, the studio admitted that the artist’s work was used with out permission, however blamed a former worker for it.
Many accused Bungie of purposely utilizing the dev crew account to launch its assertion for decrease visibility, particularly since this isn’t the primary time the corporate has been caught plagiarizing.
Again in September 2024, Bungie “resolved” a dispute with an artist whose design was used with out permission for a bodily Nerf LMTD blaster primarily based upon Cayde-6’s hand cannon, Ace of Spades. Then, too, Bungie claimed to be “investigating” how the problem occurred with a “accomplice.”
