Bungie Acknowledges Using Stolen Art for Marathon

Okay, so there’s this artist, Antireal — like, right on X, that’s Twitter for the uninitiated — who totally threw down with Bungie. Seems they “borrowed” her art for their latest Marathon alpha without giving a shoutout. Kinda wild, right? But yeah, she’s got the receipts and everything, like, literal receipts. Triangular motifs, boxes, some ‘ALEPH’ text — yeah, all mirroring her 2017 designs. Somehow, a graphic doodah from Bungie’s press kit also screamed “Antireal was here!”

Fast forward, Bungie fessed up. They put out this statement on X — which, honestly, is still Twitter in my brain — saying they were on this full-blown investigative journey after realizing one of their former artists went rogue, tossing unauthorized decals into the game like confetti. Oops? And they’re now deep-diving into their creative vault, promising to keep tabs on every pixel artists contribute. Sounds like quite the mission, huh?

Plus, they’re reaching out to our hero, 4nt1r34l, to make things right. Nice gesture, I suppose. Meanwhile, her fans stepped up, tossing cash her way via Ko-fi. Her response? She’s just floored, absolutely over the moon with gratitude. Honestly, it’s kinda heartwarming when folks rally around like that. Who’d have thought?