Bongi has confessed to finding stolen art assets in its upcoming shooter marathon. Graphic artist Antariel has taken X to claim that Bongi used his poster design without compensation or credit for 2017. Bongi acknowledged these claims, saying he would thoroughly review the assets of the game.
antireal posted on x On May 15, claiming that “the recently released marathon Alpha and its environment have been covered with assets raised by poster designs made in 2017.” He tagged both Bangi and Marathon’s franchise art director, Joseph Cross.
They continue, “Of course Bangi. I am not obliged to get my services when making a game that I have drawn from the same design language that I have improved over the past decade, but clearly my job was so good that it was a salary or plaster for plaster and plaster for plaster.”
Antherial has explained that he has no “energy and energy” to move the matter legally, but this is not the first time he faced similar problems. Antirel too Verifies The cross has “followed his account for a few years.
Bongi replied his own The marathon giant team The X account says it “immediately investigated” the concerns, and “confirmed that a former Bange artist added him to a structure sheet that was eventually used in the game.” It describes that the problem was “unknown” for the current art team, and is reviewing how the monitoring took place.
Bongi also says that he reached the Antherial to discuss the matter. “(We) are determined to do the right thing by the artist,” this is confirmed. “As a policy issue, we do not use artists’ work without their permission.” The developer also confirms that the “similar issues” avoid re -emerge, it will take a “thorough review” of the game assets, which will be given special emphasis on the former artist responsible for the issue.
However, this is not the first time that Bongi has been caught using assets without permission, as X -user Gemiconcellor Identify. In 2021, the Witch Queen DLC trailer added Xivu Arath’s fan art without any reputation. In 2023, a destiny 2 uses the fan art without permission. In 2024, Speeds Nerf Gun was seen copying the design made by the ACE fans. In all cases Bongi reached the artists to apologize, take credit or compensation-but in many years, four incidents of art theft raise questions about Bongi’s internal policies when talking about these matters.
Intended to host bongi A marathon stream Later today (May 16) at 1pm on PT / 6pm et al. It is unlikely that it will focus on theft of assets during the river, but in view of the interactive nature of the chew, viewers may be well commenting on passing. The marathon is set to release on September 23, and while it will not be a “full price”, Bangi says it will be a “premium title”.
