Bungie’s been catching heat over plagiarism claims tied to its upcoming game Marathon, but that didn’t stop the studio from rolling out its planned PlayMA stream where it brought the issue up head on. It’s not the first time Bungie has had to address accusations like this after dealing with a similar lawsuit back in 2024 over Destiny 2.
The latest trouble started when independent artist Antireal spoke out, saying Bungie’s Marathon used her artwork without permission. She shared side-by-side images on social media, showing in-game graffiti assets nearly matching her 2017 portfolio pieces, used in the game’s alpha playtest. The official Marathon dev team responded, admitting a former Bungie artist added the art to a texture sheet that got into the game.
Marathon's assistant director talks about the price of the upcoming extraction shooter, which will be released later in 2025.
Upcoming first-person shooter Marathon’s Art Director, Joe Cross, further addressed the issue during a recent stream. He confirmed that during early pre-production, a former artist used graphic elements from an independent designer without permission. Those assets - icons and bits of text - were added to a decal sheet back in 2020, and eventually made...
