Almost seven months after the initial claim was made, artist Antireal has taken to Twitter to announce that they have reached an agreement with Marathon developer Bungie and its parent company, Sony, in regards to a serious plagiarism issue. After finding huge success with the Destiny franchise, Bungie is now attempting to reboot its Marathon shooter from 1994, but the studio suffered a huge setback earlier this year when an artist came forward with accusations that the title was using assets from them without prior permission.
Since its reveal in 2023, Marathon has experienced numerous controversies, with its biggest undoubtedly being the discovery that Bungie had used assets from an artist without their permission. The claim was first made by Antireal back in May of this year, when they took to Twitter and noted how the alpha build of Bungie's new shooter was using assets that were directly lifted from posters the artist had designed in 2017. Antireal provided numerous examples of the alleged plagiarism, which Bungie then responded to less than 24 hours later.
Bungie developers say the studio's morale is plummeting amid a series of setbacks for its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon.
Shortly after the accusation was made,...
