Bungie Can’t Stop Plagiarizing…

Bungie Can’t Stop Plagiarizing…

Source: YouTube · SomeOrdinaryGamers · published May 16, 2025 · 20:08

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Bungie has a pattern of alleged art theft and plagiarism, from copying assets from independent artists to removing key game content, raising serious concerns about its ethical and creative practices 0:46.

Key Takeaways:
• Anti-real claims Bungie copied assets from his 2017 poster design in Marathon’s alpha, including specific visual elements like arrows and symbols, which appear directly traced 1:54.
• Bungie’s response acknowledges unauthorized use of a former artist’s work but downplays the issue, with prior incidents suggesting a recurring culture of plagiarism 6:20.
• In 2021, Bungie allegedly used fan art of a Destiny character without permission, showing a pattern of ignoring creator rights 7:46.
• In 2023, Bungie was accused of copying a cutscene design from a community artist, with similarities in structure and lines appearing blatantly traced 9:52.
• Bungie’s 2024 lawsuit over the Red War campaign failed due to inability to provide playable game content, relying instead on YouTube videos as evidence 17:12.

This recurring pattern suggests systemic issues in Bungie’s creative oversight, not isolated incidents, calling for accountability and fair compensation to artists 20:00.

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  • 0:46 Overview of alleged plagiarism and Bungie’s response.
  • 1:54 Detailed comparison of Marathon assets to Anti-real’s 2017 poster.
  • 6:20 Bungie’s admission of using former artist’s texture sheets

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Hello guys and gals. Me Mudahar. And uh you know man, I'mma be real. I think Bungie's kind of cooked with this one. Now uh what happens when a big billion dollar company basically uh steals assets from a singular loan artist without permission? Okay. Do you think that should be a crime? Do you think that should be cost for us to to to be a little mad at the company? I think so. Okay. So remember today we're looking at an alleged plagiarism case. And I have to say alleged for legal reasons here because yeah, it is actually alleged. Yesterday an artist came out, an artist by the name of Anti-real ended up basically throwing shots at Bungie. Now Bungie recently produced Marathon and there's an alpha of the game that came out and a bunch of streamers were playing it. Now, uh, I didn't get into…