Destiny 2 developer is fighting again accusations of impersonating after another artist accused the studio of aspects of “raising” their artistic works, and this time for the future science fiction, Marathon.
After Artists and author A claiming that Bungie used their work without authorization or credit, another artist claiming to use their work in marathon environments. In screenshots taken from the alpha marathon test accompanying the Twitter, the artist Antireal claimed that they could see distinctive icons and drawings that they designed, some of which were originally Joint social media for years in 2017.
Marathon Alpha was recently released and its environments are covered with the assets that were raised from the designs of the stickers that I did in 2017.Bungie Josephaacross pic.twitter.com/0CSBO48jgb
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The artist wrote in a statement posted on X/Twitter: “Bungie, of course, is not obligated to employ me when making a game that derives with an overwhelming majority of the same design language that I have improved over the past decade, but it is clear that my work was good enough to loot ideas and plaster throughout their game without payment or support.”
“I do not have the resources or energy needed to avoid this legally, but I have lost the number of times that a major company considered to pay a designer to imitate or steal my work instead of writing me an email. In 10 years, I did not achieve a fixed income from this work, and I was tired of designers from huge companies in the field of moods and rid them.
Bunji responded within hours. Although she did not apologize publicly, she said that she has now launched an investigation, as she attributed the “case” to the former Bungie artist, and communicated with the artist concerned.
“We immediately achieved anxiety about the unauthorized use of artists in Marathon and we confirmed that a former artist in Bungie has been included in a texture paper that was ultimately used in the game,” the team said in A. statement. “This issue was not known by our current art team, and we are still reviewing how this censorship occurred.
“We take such matters seriously. We have contacted (the artist) to discuss this issue and include it by the artist correctly. As a political issue, we do not use the work of artists without their permission.
“To prevent similar issues in the future, we make a comprehensive review of our assets within the game, specifically those made by the former Bungie artist, and implement the most stringent checks to document all the contributions of the artists. We appreciate creativity and dedication to all artists who contribute to our games, and we are committed to doing properly.
This is not the first time that Bungie has been accused of raising ideas from another place. In October, the studio slapped with a lawsuit after a writer He claimed that the studio stole the conspiracy elements from his story and used it for the content in the Destiny 2 2017 story, the red war. Bungie recently tried to reject the lawsuit The judge denied the request while Bungie rushed to provide evidence After the “cellar” content, it is no longer to play publicly.
A few weeks before the lawsuit was filed, Bungie launched a different investigation to ensure that the NERF pistol relies on the famous ACE of Destiny 2 was almost almost filed from Fanart was designed again in 2015Including every brush, scratching, and staining on the weapon.
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