Published on: 2025-07-04 07:30:33
Game developer Bungie has hit a snag with its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. The September-bound game and its creator have come under fire for stealing art originally created by visual and musical artist Antireal without credit. On Thursday, Antireal highlighted the game’s recent alpha playtest and noted its environments “are covered with assets lifted from poster designs I made in 2017.” To prove her point, she compared several graphics within Marathon that look similar to her own, and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-05 00:13:00
What just happened? Bungie announced a reboot of the classic first-person shooter Marathon in 2023. It formally unveiled project footage just a few weeks ago. The multiplayer extraction shooter has already drawn criticism after someone spotted issues with some of the artwork used by the Sony-owned developer. Bungie is under fire for allegedly using stolen art assets in its extraction shooter Marathon. Independent artist Antireal caught the Washington-based studio "recycling" some of her designs
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