‘Destiny 2’ developer Bungie wins $4.3million in cheating trial and immediately sues another cheater
Future 2 developer Bungie has received a $4.3million (£3.7million) lawsuit in opposition to cheat vendor AimJunkies.
The lawsuit has been ongoing since 2021 when Bungie first filed the swimsuit. The developer was awarded $3.6million (£3million) in damages and $738,000 (£608,000) in charges (as reported by Eurogamer).
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Bungie’s case in opposition to Aimjunkies was initially thrown out final April resulting from a scarcity of proof, earlier than it was resubmitted with extra proof.
AimJunkies filed a counter-complaint alleging that a few of Bungie’s new proof had been gained by accessing the PC of James Could, a third-party cheat creator, with out permission. Nevertheless, their try to countersue failed.
In August, AimJunkies claimed that the corporate’s cheats had no impact on Future’s recognition.
NEWS: Bungie has received a $4.3 million award in opposition to a #Destiny2 cheat vendor AimJunkies in arbitration. ($3.6m in damages and $738k in charges) pic.twitter.com/SWkkRn2ZOi
— Future Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) February 20, 2023
In the meantime, Bungie has now filed an analogous lawsuit in opposition to one other cheat vendor, LaviCheats.
Bungie is requesting $2,000 (£1,652) for every of the two,790 downloads of the cheat software program, totalling at $5.6million (£4.6million). With charges, the overall lawsuit can be $6.7million (£5.5million).
Within the lawsuit, Bansal’s (aka LeviCheats) illegal actions are described as “flagrant and wilful” and “demonstrates a willingness to proceed along with his unlawful actions”.
It provides: “Bansal’s statements and actions since receiving discover of the criticism on this motion reveal that, absent a big harm award, Bansal is unlikely to stop his illegal actions”.
Bansal allegedly responded to a publish on the LaviCheats web site discussion board by writing: “Bungie attorneys you’ll be able to suck my nuts!”
NEW: One other #Destiny2 cheat vendor, LaviCheats, has been hit with a $6.7 million lawsuit from Bungie.
Bungie needs at the very least “$2,000 for every of the two,790 cheat software program” downloaded from vendor’s web sites. pic.twitter.com/1Kxe64eV9x
— Future Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) February 20, 2023
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Bungie has spent over £1.6million attempting to cease cheats from impacting Future 2.
The developer beforehand issued a £6.2million lawsuit in opposition to a copyright fraudster and settled for £10.7million out of court docket with one Future 2 cheat website. Extra not too long ago, the corporate demanded £9.9million from one other cheat website VeteranCheats.
In that more moderen lawsuit, Bungie claimed: “Every of those items of cheat software program capabilities otherwise and Bungie has been pressured to fight every part independently. The extra complicated and completely different the cheat is, the costlier it’s to fight.”