It just doesn't run smoothly at Bungie. Already at Destiny there were a lot of stumbling blocks and now a lot does not really seem to work at marathon. The mood is in the basement.
What's going on at Bungie? Destiny 2 had already struggled with massive problems in the past two years, from weak extensions to plenty of kicks in every possible fat. This seems to be continuing at Marathon, the extraction shooter in which the studio puts so much hope. The current allegations of plagiarism are now putting another crown on the drama about the game.
A Report from Forbes According to this process, this process has now threw the mood in the studio down the basement staircase. Recently, an artist had complained that Bungie had illegally used her artwork in marathon – an accusation that the studio has now confirmed. A former employee was responsible for this. Sony and Bungie are now apparently in the process of legally processing the action, at the same time the current assets are meticulously examined.
This has now also ensured that no further gameplay material of the game was shown in a live stream on Friday, but also the plagiarism was also discussed. According to the comments of the spectators, the stream did not necessarily ensure that the mood in the potential playership was improved, especially since it was not the first case of plagiarism on the part of the studio.
Together with the fact that the feedback on the first alpha was quite mixed, the mood in the team is obviously not at a climax. In addition, the marketing plan for the game was recently thrown over and is being revised, and a planned open beta for August was also questioned.
Industry insider Paul Tassi von Forbes had found out from his sources inside and outside of bungie that the morality is in all departments in the basement and the mood has never been so bad. There is also great concern about bungie if marathon is to flop. After the problems with Destiny 2, the last extensions of which were sold significantly below the expectations, followed by layoffs, that would be something that the studio would probably not cope with. In the back of the head, the merciless flop of Concord will certainly rotate, the developer studio of which was stamped.
It remains to be seen whether Bungie and owner Sony will be able to pull the rudder around. It is also open whether the current events lead to a possible shift of the release date on September 23 or that Sony is still pulling the ripcord.
