Developer Bungie has confirmed that some property within the upcoming Marathon have been stolen from one other artist.
In a publish on its inner Discord, the corporate mentioned that it’s conducting a “thorough evaluation” of its in-game artwork to make sure that there was no different plagarisim. This follows artist Fern “4nt1r34l” Hook, who took to Twitter with comparability pictures exhibiting that Marathon featured poster property that she had designed again in 2017.
“Bungie is in fact not obligated to rent me when making a recreation that attracts overwhelmingly from the identical design language I’ve refined for the final decade,” Hook wrote. “However clearly my work was adequate to pillage for concepts and plaster throughout their recreation with out pay or attribution.”
Responding to this criticism, Bungie mentioned that the individual accountable not works on the firm.
“We instantly investigated a priority relating to unauthorised use of artist decals in Marathon and confirmed {that a} former Bungie artist included these in a texture sheet that was in the end used in-game,” the developer wrote on its Discord.
“This subject was unknown by our current artwork staff, and we’re nonetheless reviewing how this oversight occurred.
“We take issues like this very severely. We’ve got reached out to 4nt1r34l to debate this subject and are dedicated to do proper by the artist. As a matter of coverage, we don’t use the work of artists with out their permission.
“To forestall related points sooner or later, we’re conducting a radical evaluation of our in-game property, particularly these completed by the previous Bungie artist, and implementing stricter checks to doc all artist contributions. We worth the creativity and dedication of all artists who contribute to our video games, and we’re dedicated to doing proper by them. Thanks for bringing this to our consideration.”
