It's a happy ending for the artist whose work was stolen by Bungie and used in Marathon: She's credited in the game as 'visual design consultant'

It’s a happy ending for the artist whose work was stolen by Bungie and used in Marathon: She’s credited in the game as ‘visual design consultant’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these FPS Marathon UI designer declares himself the ‘fontslop merchant’ and promises Bungie will never ‘remove the SAUCE from the UI’ FPS The Marathon server slam consumed my weekend: 21 hours later, I’ve gone from ‘meh’ to believer FPS Is Marathon’s time-to-kill too fast, or am I too Arc Raiders-pilled? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter It came to light in 2025 that Bungie had stolen work from artist Antireal and used it in Marathon—and I don’t mean in the “borrowed ideas from” way, I mean in the straight-up “copied and pasted” way. The situation was made doubly awkward because this had happened previously, in Bungie’s other game Destiny 2—and more than once.Bungie copped to the theft, which it said had actually been committed by an artist who was no longer employed at the studio, and promised a “thorough review” of Marathon’s assets to ensure that nothing else was being used without permission.Several months later, Antireal said on X that the matter had been resolved to her satisfaction. We still don’t have any details on the deal they arrived at (which presumably involved some cash) and probably never will, but one very cool consequence has come to light following Marathon’s release: Antireal is listed in the game’s credits, conveniently posted on the Bungie website, as a freelance visual design consultant. You may like 3 months before launch, Marathon art director Joseph Cross departs from Bungie: ‘I’m incredibly proud of the visual world we built’ Former Marathon art director says ‘what I could control, I feel really good about’ in the face of pre-release animosity: ‘You can’t take that away from me’ ‘Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned from playing Marathon forever, no second chances’: Bungie’s doubling down on security following Arc Raiders’ recent struggles In some ways, it might seem like a fairly minor thing: Just tack another name into a very long list of credits, and forget about it. But for a working artist, this is a big deal. It sucks that the whole thing is rooted in stolen work, but an art credit in a major videogame release, and especially one with a visual style as d