This week, Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie has found itself embroiled in a serious art theft controversy. On Thursday morning, an artist by the name of Antireal (here's her Ko-fi) shared a post on social media asserting that the studio stole various designs from a collection of poster designs she created back in 2017 and has used them in its art direction for Marathon.
To prove her claim, Antireal included several images in the thread (view them below) that directly compare pictures of Marathon's website, art from its official press kit, and in-game screenshots taken from the recent Marathon alpha playtest against pieces of her own artwork (her original designs are still up, proving they weren't made recently). The similarities are undeniably quite glaring, with many of Antireal's graphic designs, text elements, and even her personal logo visible on the surfaces of many of Marathon's in-game structures.
