Bungie’s Marathon was reported to have used stolen artwork, however the matter has now apparently been resolved. The artist who initially introduced the claims towards Bungie has now introduced that the problem “has been resolved with Bungie and Sony Interactive Leisure to my satisfaction.”
No additional particulars had been divulged concerning the character of the matter and the way this closure got here to be. Persons are theorizing that the artist acquired a settlement cost, however that’s not confirmed.
The Marathon artwork difficulty has been resolved with Bungie and Sony Interactive Leisure to my satisfaction.
— N² (@4nt1r34l) December 2, 2025
After the artwork theft claims got here to gentle earlier this 12 months, Bungie responded to say it “instantly investigated” the issues, and “confirmed {that a} former Bungie artist included these in a texture sheet that was finally used in-game.”
Bungie additionally mentioned on the time that it was “dedicated” to doing proper by the artist, and that appears to have now occurred.
In June, Bungie delayed Marathon indefinitely from its beforehand introduced September 23 launch date. The sport nonetheless has no launch date.
For Marathon, Sony boss Hermen Hulst mentioned the purpose is to create a “very daring, very revolutionary, and deeply partaking title.”
“This cycle of take a look at, of iterate, take a look at once more, that’s such a key element of the live-service success, each main as much as launch but additionally all through the lifetime of the sport,” he mentioned.
The chief has mentioned Sony now has programs in place to make sure that Marathon will not undergo the identical destiny as Sony’s ill-fated Harmony.