Artist Who Said Bungie's Marathon Had Assets 'Lifted' From Poster Designs She Made in 2017 Confirms 'The Issue Has Been Resolved'

Fern "Antireal" Hook, the creator who recovered her ain designs and graphics successful Bungie's Marathon, has confirmed she has "resolved" the contented with the workplace and its genitor institution Sony.

In a little update posted to X/Twitter, Hook wrote: "The Marathon creation contented has been resolved with Bungie and Sony Interactive Entertainment to my satisfaction." She did not supply details of immoderate settlement.

Destiny 2 developer Bungie recovered itself battling accusations of plagiarism backmost successful May aft Hook accused the workplace of lifting aspects of her artwork for its upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. In screenshots taken from Marathon's alpha playtest accompanying the tweet, Hook alleged she could spot chiseled icons and graphics she designed, immoderate of which were primitively shared connected societal media years agone successful 2017.

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Shortly afterwards, Marathon crippled manager Joe Ziegler and creation manager Joe Cross apologized connected a painfully uncomfortable livestream that featured nary Marathon creation oregon footage astatine all, arsenic the squad was "still scrubbing each of our assets to marque definite that we are being respectful of the situation." The workplace commenced an "immediate investigation," yet acknowledging that a "former Bungie artist" had so utilized Fern Hook's enactment without compensation oregon credit.

And then, of course, Marathon was delayed into 2026 arsenic Bungie worked to respond to feedback from playtests. Things went precise quiescent until Marathon reemerged successful October, erstwhile Bungie announced the extraction shooter was acceptable for a limited, invite-only playtest for players successful North America and Europe crossed PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Steam.

The creation contented continues to formed a shadow, though. Last month, the manager of the Marathon uncover cinematic abbreviated expressed his disbelief that helium felt forced to travel retired and support the enactment arsenic "not AI."

Marathon has surely endured a troubled improvement and has suffered aggregate delays. The unit is connected for Marathon to win amid Destiny 2’s high-profile struggles. Earlier this month, genitor institution Sony said Bungie had failed to conscionable its income and idiosyncratic engagement targets, resulting successful a $200 cardinal impairment charge.

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