Marathon is PlayStation's latest live service project, and people recently got the chance to try the game out for the first time last month. The reception was pretty mixed, and that's putting it mildly, with people complaining about the game's aim assist, among other things. It's not been a particularly positive rollout so far, and now Bungie has another headache to deal with.
Earlier today, an artist by the name of 4nt1r34l on Twitter claimed that the Marathon closed alpha test's environments featured multiple examples of assets from posters she designed back in 2017. She also claims that Bungie has used these assets for Marathon "without pay or attribution", essentially suggesting that the studio has stolen them.
She shares some examples of her work being stolen alongside the tweets, and it's easy to see which assets she's referring to. One of the more blatant is the "ALPEH Dark-space haulage logisitcs" sign that can be seen in multiple different locations across Marathon, while Bungie also appears to have lifted several other designs, and even 4nt1r34l's own logo.
She goes on to explain that she doesn't have the "resources nor the...