Bungie, those lovable rogues, are at it again! 🤣 Turns out, they’ve been “inspired” by an indie artist’s work for their new game, Marathon. By “inspired,” we mean they straight-up yoinked it. Twice now, so they’re practically professionals!
Some artist going by the name of Antireal (probably a fake name, real artists are busy making *original* art, am I right? 😉) posted a lengthy rant on X, formerly known as Twitter (RIP bird app 🐦), showing off all the “coincidences” in Marathon. Subtle similarities? Nah, we’re talking carbon copies here! 🖨️
Antireal whined, “Bungie is of course not obligated to hire me…” Oh, boo-hoo! 😭 Maybe if your art wasn’t so generic, Bungie wouldn’t have needed to “borrow” it. Just kidding! 😂 But seriously, get better material, kid. No one wants to see another space marine helmet. 🪖
And get this, some Sherlock Holmes wannabe in the replies pointed out that Marathon‘s art director, Joseph Cross, FOLLOWS Antireal! 🕵️♂️ The plot thickens! Or maybe Cross just has terrible taste in art. Who knows? 🤷
Then, in a moment of *shocking* transparency, the MarathonDevTeam account admitted to “unauthorized” use of art. 🙄 “Unauthorized?” More like blatant theft! 🏴☠️
They blamed it on a “former Bungie artist.” Convenient! 😇 Sounds like someone’s getting thrown under the bus. 🚌 But don’t worry, Bungie promises a “thorough review.” Which probably means they’ll just find another scapegoat. 🐐
“As a matter of policy, we do not use the work of artists without their permission,” they declared. Yeah, right! 😂 Tell that to the artists whose work ended up in Destiny 2! Remember that fiasco? Bungie had to apologize and everything! 🤡
And let’s not forget the time they “accidentally” used fan art for a Nerf gun! 🎯 At this point, it’s less of a mistake and more of a business model. Why pay for original art when you can just “find” it online? 🤷♀️
Bungie says a “thorough review” is underway. Oh, honey, we’ve heard that one before. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… well, you’re Bungie, so we’ll probably still buy your games. 🤷♂️ But seriously, guys, get it together! Hire some new artists, or at least learn how to Google “royalty-free images.” It’s not that hard! 🤦♀️
