Bongi has apologized for the unprecedented, unprecedented use of another artist’s work in the structure sheets Marathon Alpha test
In a post On social media, The company publicly confirmed that the “former Bangi artist” contained art assets developed by a graphic designer. “antireal“(Real name unknown). Antherial accused the company of taking his job in a post on Bluesky to decorate several posters of the game.
This is a black mark on the record of Bongi, especially for a company that has refused to use the assets raised from other artists in the past. Using art assets, the company does not have the right to deprive artists from the necessary funds and endanger the studio to legalize.
“Bangi is certainly not obliged to keep me on a job when making a game that I have drawn from the same design language for the past decade, but clearly, my job was good enough to hollow out for all their sports and plaster without any salary or attribution.” He explained that the assets fully posted the mirror work he posted in 2017.
Antherial’s claims were strengthened Marathon The key fingerprint players from the works of Antherial was seen directly in the game. In 2024 the artist said he “hit”Loss“6 years ago in their work Mem (Mem refers to the web comic page fun Delete Ctrl+Alt+ With the same name). A Twitter user Looked to Mem I on the building in a game Marathon.

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“We immediately investigated concerns about the unauthorized use of Artist Decles in the marathon and confirmed that a former Bange artist added to a structure sheet that was eventually used in the game,” Bongi said in a post, confirmed Antherial’s claims. “This problem was not known by our current art team, and we are still examining how it has been monitored. We take such matters very seriously. We have reached the (anti -art) to discuss this issue and are obliged to do the right thing by the artist.”
The company added that it is reviewing the work of the former artist and implementing a “strict check” on his art team to ensure that no inappropriate assets are used.
Stolen arts appear in sports of bongi
“We value the creativity and dedication of all the artists who contribute to our sports, and we are committed to doing the right thing to do,” Bangi said, confirming the use of anti -art. There is no reason to doubt this claim – but this is not the first time that Bongi has confessed in the stolen version of the work of another artist shown in his sports.
In 2024, it Verification A piece of “fan art” was used to decorate collectively in the game Destiny 2. In 2023 he said it would give an artist “compensation and reputation” whose work was used In a cotton Partially developed by an “external vendor”. And in 2021, Principal Community Manager Chris Shannon apologized to a fan artist Another trailer.
Bongi also found himself in hot water on the assets of other art. This in 2017 Apologize And removed an item in the game that represents a real -world white supremacy flag.
Sorry to do wrong and admitting it seems to be an ineligible way to solve it, however, this approach does not eliminate the damage to anti -arterial and other artists who think of themselves as suffering, deliberately or not.
“In 10 years, I have never made a permanent income from this work,” said Antherial. “I am tired of the designers of big companies when I struggle to live.”