“Destiny 2” developer morality is reportedly according to “Marathons Plagiatskandal” in “Frei fall”

Marathon It is not even planned for publication until this September, but bungies extraction shooters are already in trouble. A gameplay reveals livestream that had already shared potential players, but since then a much more serious problem has arisen in the form of plagiarism. Now after Bungies admission that some of some of MarathonThe artificial assets were lifted directly by a designer without permission. In a report it is claimed that the employees and the management of the studio were not sure of the fate of the game when the start approaches.

Bungie did not react immediately Vice versa's request for comment.

“The Marathon Alpha has recently released and his environments are covered with assets, which were lifted from poster designs that I made in 2017, ”wrote the artist Fern Hook, who uses the online storage -antireal on May 15th on social media.

Hook showed several poster designs of her with a style that is similar to the art movement of remarkably MarathonWith large blocks of color and patterns from nonsense symbols. Not only that, but some assets in Marathon Use symbols created by Hook in your works of art, as well as text that was lifted directly from your posters. On the same day, Bungie posted his Marathon The DEV team account -but not its main studio account, which has a lot more followers to confirm that the work of art has actually been stolen.

“We immediately examined the concern about the unauthorized use of artists' pull-up pictures in marathon and confirms that a former bungie artist has included them in a texture sheet that was ultimately used in the game,” was the post.

Bungie claimed that no current employees were involved in the plagiarism Marathon. A planned livestream about the game went as planned a few days later when Art Director Joseph Cross Bungies repeated comments and apologized to Hook. Since then there has been no official word from Bungie, but reported in Forbes The live stream did not contain any film material from the game itself on turbulence in the studio.

“Morality is in” free fall “in all departments, and” the mood has never been worse ” ForbesCiting anonymous sources at Bungie.

The Forbes Piece also claims that a new trailer in June should debut the opening preliminary provisions, but these plans were canceled before the public plagiarism. A public beta that is scheduled to start in August could also be divided into several Playtest meetings. Accordingly ForbesThere is no public speech to delay the game in Bungie.

While some of the problems of Forbes Before Bungie was even accused of using stolen works of art, the scandal has clearly changed the conversation in the game. Potential players have largely against MarathonAnd for many, the plagiarism seems to be the last straw. If bungie makes things worse, this is not even the first such incident in the studio. Bungie has been repeatedly accused of plagiating works of art Fate 2 In the past and approved several times, the allegations were true and compensated artists afterwards.

Marathon A lot of skepticism compared to the gameplay covering in April. Instead of the narrative-based shooter that the marathon series began as a new incarnation, its new incarnation is a purely playful affair, and while Bungie promises, it has a way to tell a convincing story in this format, but it is still a big change in the pace of Fate 2. The only part of Marathon This has almost become universal since the game was announced, his art movement has been and makes it all the more disappointed that it now seems to be significant by another artist without a loan. It is not yet clear how the uncertainty in Bungie von reported Forbes will influence the last months of developing or publishing the game, but it is clear that potential players are looking for more than an excuse from the studio.