Destiny 2 developer Bungie is once again fighting plagiarism accusations after accusing yet another artist of being a “lifting” aspect of his artwork. marathon.
After many Artist And a writer Still another artist claims that Bungee used the work without approval or credit, claiming that their work is being used in marathon settings. In a screenshot taken from the Alpha Playtest of the marathon accompanying the tweet, artist Antireal claimed that they could see the clear icons and graphics they designed. Share on social media a few years ago in 2017.
Marathon Alpha was recently released, and its environment is covered in assets that were removed from the poster design they created in 2017.@bungie @josephacross pic.twitter.com/0csbo48jgb
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“Of course, Bungee is not obligated to hire me when making games that are overwhelmingly drawn from the same design language I have refined for the past decade, but obviously my job was enough to plunder ideas and fills without pay or belonging.”
“I don’t have the resources or the space to pursue this legally, but I have lost the number of times a large company decided it would be easier for me to pay a designer to copy or steal my work than to write an email to me.
Bungee responded within hours. He did not publicly apologize, but now he has begun an investigation, attributed the “problem” to a former Bungee artist and stated that he has contacted the artists involved.
“We immediately investigated concerns about the misuse of artist decals in the marathon and confirmed that former bungee artists eventually included these in the texture sheets they used in the game,” the team said. statement. “This issue is unknown to existing art teams and we are reviewing how this surveillance occurred.
“We take these issues very seriously. We are in touch with (artists) to discuss this issue and we are committed to doing it right by artists. As a policy issue, we will not use artists’ work without their permission.
“To prevent similar issues in the future, we have conducted thorough reviews of in-game assets, especially those made by former Bungee artists, and rigorous checks to record the contributions of all artists. We value the creativity and dedication of all artists who contribute to the game.
This is not the first time Bungee has been accused of lifting an idea from elsewhere. In October, the studio was slapped in a lawsuit after the writer The studio stole plot elements from his story and used them for Destiny 2’s 2017 storyline, The Red War content. Bungee recently tried to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge denied the request as Bungee scrambled to provide evidence Since then, I’ve “vaulted” the content and it’s no longer published.
Just a few weeks before that lawsuit was filed, Bungie launched another investigation to see how the NERF gun based on the iconic spades of Destiny 2 was almost wholesale. Fan art was designed in 2015including all brush strokes, scratches, and weapon stains.
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