: not necessarily. mullins probably told bungie that, yes, he could do some
: artwork for the upcoming marathon 2, but that he would retain all rights
: to do whatever pleases him - including giving someone else the rights to
: use the artwork. maybe all that bungie got was a time-limited exclusive
: right for like seven years or so ;)
Nope, generally art made for games becomes fully owned by the game developer. This is either lazy reporting from Wired, which I highly doubt, or some dodgy business going on with Triangle. I'll see what I can uncover...