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News - Bungie Responds To Marathon Art Theft Claims - xSicKxBot - 05-17-2025
News - Bungie Responds To Marathon Art Theft Claims
<p>Bungie has admitted to finding stolen art assets in its upcoming extraction shooter <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/marathon/">Marathon</a>. Graphic artist Antireal has taken to X to claim that Bungie used their poster designs from 2017 without compensation or credit. Bungie admits the claims, and says it will undertake a complete review of the game's assets.</p><p>Antireal <a href="https://x.com/4nt1r34l/status/1923067988871147605">posted to X</a> on May 15, claiming that "The Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs I made in 2017." They tagged both Bungie and Marathon's franchise art director, Joseph Cross.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1850/18507742/4496212-marathon-assets%281%29.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4496212" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1850/18507742/4496212-marathon-assets%281%29.jpg"><img alt="Artist Antireal posted comparison between in-game screenshots and their original art." src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1850/18507742/4496212-marathon-assets%281%29.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1850/18507742/4496212-marathon-assets%281%29.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1850/18507742/4496212-marathon-assets%281%29.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1850/18507742/4496212-marathon-assets%281%29.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a><figcaption>Artist Antireal posted comparison between in-game screenshots and their original art.</figcaption></figure><p>They continue, "Bungie is of course not obligated to hire me when making a game that draws overwhelmingly from the same design language I have refined for the last decade, but clearly my work was good enough to pillage for ideas and plaster all over their game without pay or attribution."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bungie-responds-to-marathon-art-theft-claims/1100-6531591/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bungie-responds-to-marathon-art-theft-claims/1100-6531591/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f