Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter's bright, glitchy, typographic look marathon It is one of its defining characteristics. It turns out that it was also partially stolen, according to official posts marathon x Account. The news comes after artist Fern Hook on X @4NT1R34L, initially accused Bungie of using in-game textures that look similar to the original artwork on May 15.
“Of course, Bungie certainly has no obligation to hire my game, how much traction has drawn from the same design language I have refined over the past decade, but obviously, my work is enough to make my job and plaster in their game without paying or attributes.”
Hook's post is pretty abominable, identifying obvious areas marathonThe alpha Map of its original work has only slightly changed versions. According to Washington Post,,,,, But it has remained quiet until now, as she was advised to seek legal action. Hooker finally decided to release information about the issue because she “didn't have enough time or money to fly to the United States for an indivisible court case against Sony.”
Bungie's statement claims that the “former Bungie Artist” includes the art of the Hook in the texture table without the rest of the art team. The company is working on [its] The assets in the game have also been extended to further “discuss this issue”.
As EUROGAMER Note that this is not the first time that it has been accused of elevating other artists’ work. Developers are accused of doing the same thing multiple times during development Destiny 2 and its various extensions.
Since the game is still under development, it is not clear how or if Bungie will change marathon To resolve Hook's complaints, developers must do this by September 23. When was that marathon It should be launched on PlayStation 5, PC and Xbox Series X/S.
