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Bungie

2025-05-23T13:16:37Z

2A02:A310:C2BC:2280:EE82:1EDB:DA1C:2AA3:

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Bungie
| Type = Subsidiary
| Founded = 1990
| Industry = Entertainment Software
| Official Website = https://Bungie.com
| Logo = Bungie Logo - Official.png
}}Founded in 1990 by ''Alex Seropian'', '''[[wikipedia:Bungie|''Bungie'']]''' is a game development studio that has been known to develop games for their popular franchises, such as ''[[Marathon]]'', ''[[Destiny]]'', and initially ''[[Halo]]''. Originally, the company exclusively developed for the ''[[Mac]]'' platform, but after being acquired by ''[[Microsoft]]'', ''Bungie'' was seen developing instead for the ''[[Xbox]]'' platform (and 3rd parties such as [[Gearbox Software|''Gearbox Software'']] handling ports to ''[[Windows]]''), until its departure shortly after [[Halo (game)|''Halo'']] ''Reach''<nowiki/>'s release. In January of 2022, the company was yet again bought out, this time by ''[[Sony]] Interactive Entertainment''.<ref>Dring, Christopher (January 31, 2022). "[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games PlayStation: Bungie deal is about multiplatform, live-service games]". ''Gamesindustry.biz''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220131184555/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games Archived] from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2025</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Historically would revoke content consumers paid for.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=Aug 23, 2020 |title=Here's everything being removed from Destiny 2 at the end of this season—it's a lot |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-everything-being-removed-from-destiny-2-at-the-end-of-this-seasonits-a-lot/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref>
*User Privacy: Unknown
*Business Model: Software sales, [[microtransactions]]
*Market Competition: ''[[Microsoft]] ([[Xbox]]), [[Nintendo]], [[Valve]]'', indie studios

==Controversial Practices==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:Bungie|''Bungie'' category]].

==='''Theft of artwork'''===
Bungie, the developer behind ''Destiny'' and ''Halo'', has dealt with multiple instances of artwork theft, primarily involving contractors or external artists improperly using copyrighted or stolen assets.

1. ''Destiny 2'' Moon Asset Theft (2019)

A freelance artist hired by Bungie used stolen 3D assets from ''DOOM (2016)'' in ''Destiny 2''’s ''Shadowkeep'' expansion.

2. ''Destiny 2'' Witch Queen Art Theft (2022)

Another contractor allegedly used traced or stolen fan art for a ''Witch Queen'' promotional image.

3. Marathon (2025 - ongoing)

In May 2025, Bungie, the developer behind Destiny 2 and the upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, faced [https://fandomwire.com/when-is-bungie-releasing-marathon-hostile-environment-amid-art-theft-scandal-reportedly-forcing-delay/ accusations] of art theft after artist Fern Hook, known as Antireal, claimed that assets in Marathon’s closed alpha were directly lifted from her<ref>{{Cite web |last=4nt1r34l |title= |url=https://x.com/4nt1r34l/status/1923067988871147605}}</ref> 2017 poster designs without permission or credit.

===Concerning legal agreements===
Inside the ''Bungie'' "''Limited Software License Agreement''" (LSLA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bungie LSLA |url=https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Legal/sla |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Bungie}}</ref> since at least August 17, 2021, there is [[Forced arbitration|binding arbitration]], which takes effect the moment any user has run any ''Bungie'' software since the introduction of this term.

Additionally, Bungie can, and has taken advantage of a stipulation<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=xXLjordSireXx |date=Jun 21, 2023 |title=Comment from xXLjordSireXx |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/14evilb/comment/joxpajc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> within their forums which states:<blockquote>"By using the form, you are submitting content to Bungie. When you submit content to Bungie, you agree to the Bungie Services Terms of Use, which also means you're promising us that you have the right to upload that content, that we can freely use it without condition, and that you agree that your submission follows our Code of Conduct."</blockquote>A highlight from this agreement<blockquote>"...which also means you're promising us that you have the right to upload that content..."</blockquote>has been cited by consumers<ref name=":3" /> as a reason why a piece of user-generated content<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ikari |first=Shinji |title=The Veil of Darkness |url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Community/Detail?itemId=257325114 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Bungie Forums}}</ref> was used commercially within ''[[Destiny]] 2''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kinduhgood |date=Jun 20, 2023 |title=Bungie stole someone's art for the new cutscene. His art was made over 2 years ago |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/14evilb/bungie_stole_someones_art_for_the_new_cutscene/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] - r/Destiny2}}</ref>

==Products==

===Software===

*''[[Marathon]]'' series
*''[[Halo (game)|Halo]]'' series (formerly)
*''[[Destiny]]'' series

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Bungie]]

Bungie

2025-05-23T13:12:57Z

2A02:A310:C2BC:2280:EE82:1EDB:DA1C:2AA3: Added section about Bungie's artwork theft ~k4

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Bungie
| Type = Subsidiary
| Founded = 1990
| Industry = Entertainment Software
| Official Website = https://Bungie.com
| Logo = Bungie Logo - Official.png
}}Founded in 1990 by ''Alex Seropian'', '''[[wikipedia:Bungie|''Bungie'']]''' is a game development studio that has been known to develop games for their popular franchises, such as ''[[Marathon]]'', ''[[Destiny]]'', and initially ''[[Halo]]''. Originally, the company exclusively developed for the ''[[Mac]]'' platform, but after being acquired by ''[[Microsoft]]'', ''Bungie'' was seen developing instead for the ''[[Xbox]]'' platform (and 3rd parties such as [[Gearbox Software|''Gearbox Software'']] handling ports to ''[[Windows]]''), until its departure shortly after [[Halo (game)|''Halo'']] ''Reach''<nowiki/>'s release. In January of 2022, the company was yet again bought out, this time by ''[[Sony]] Interactive Entertainment''.<ref>Dring, Christopher (January 31, 2022). "[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games PlayStation: Bungie deal is about multiplatform, live-service games]". ''Gamesindustry.biz''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220131184555/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games Archived] from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2025</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Historically would revoke content consumers paid for.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=Aug 23, 2020 |title=Here's everything being removed from Destiny 2 at the end of this season—it's a lot |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-everything-being-removed-from-destiny-2-at-the-end-of-this-seasonits-a-lot/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref>
*User Privacy: Unknown
*Business Model: Software sales, [[microtransactions]]
*Market Competition: ''[[Microsoft]] ([[Xbox]]), [[Nintendo]], [[Valve]]'', indie studios

==Controversial Practices==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:Bungie|''Bungie'' category]].

=== '''Theft of artwork''' ===
Bungie, the developer behind ''Destiny'' and ''Halo'', has dealt with multiple instances of artwork theft, primarily involving contractors or external artists improperly using copyrighted or stolen assets.

1. ''Destiny 2'' Moon Asset Theft (2019)

A freelance artist hired by Bungie used stolen 3D assets from ''DOOM (2016)'' in ''Destiny 2''’s ''Shadowkeep'' expansion.

2. ''Destiny 2'' Witch Queen Art Theft (2022)

Another contractor allegedly used traced or stolen fan art for a ''Witch Queen'' promotional image.

3. Marathon (2017 - ongoing)

In May 2025, Bungie, the developer behind Destiny 2 and the upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, faced [https://fandomwire.com/when-is-bungie-releasing-marathon-hostile-environment-amid-art-theft-scandal-reportedly-forcing-delay/ accusations] of art theft after artist Fern Hook, known as Antireal, claimed that assets in Marathon’s closed alpha were directly lifted from her<ref>{{Cite web |last=4nt1r34l |title= |url=https://x.com/4nt1r34l/status/1923067988871147605}}</ref> 2017 poster designs without permission or credit.

===Concerning legal agreements===
Inside the ''Bungie'' "''Limited Software License Agreement''" (LSLA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bungie LSLA |url=https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Legal/sla |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Bungie}}</ref> since at least August 17, 2021, there is [[Forced arbitration|binding arbitration]], which takes effect the moment any user has run any ''Bungie'' software since the introduction of this term.

Additionally, Bungie can, and has taken advantage of a stipulation<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=xXLjordSireXx |date=Jun 21, 2023 |title=Comment from xXLjordSireXx |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/14evilb/comment/joxpajc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> within their forums which states:<blockquote>"By using the form, you are submitting content to Bungie. When you submit content to Bungie, you agree to the Bungie Services Terms of Use, which also means you're promising us that you have the right to upload that content, that we can freely use it without condition, and that you agree that your submission follows our Code of Conduct."</blockquote>A highlight from this agreement<blockquote>"...which also means you're promising us that you have the right to upload that content..."</blockquote>has been cited by consumers<ref name=":3" /> as a reason why a piece of user-generated content<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ikari |first=Shinji |title=The Veil of Darkness |url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Community/Detail?itemId=257325114 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Bungie Forums}}</ref> was used commercially within ''[[Destiny]] 2''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kinduhgood |date=Jun 20, 2023 |title=Bungie stole someone's art for the new cutscene. His art was made over 2 years ago |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/14evilb/bungie_stole_someones_art_for_the_new_cutscene/ |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] - r/Destiny2}}</ref>

==Products==

===Software===

*''[[Marathon]]'' series
*''[[Halo (game)|Halo]]'' series (formerly)
*''[[Destiny]]'' series

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Bungie]]