{"id":18623,"date":"2022-07-19T01:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T01:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bungie-sues-destiny-2-player-over-alleged-threats-and-cheating\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T01:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T01:31:40","slug":"bungie-sues-destiny-2-player-over-alleged-threats-and-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bungie-sues-destiny-2-player-over-alleged-threats-and-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie sues ‘Destiny 2’ player over alleged threats and cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the same day it became a PlayStation studio, filed a lawsuit against a Destiny 2 <\/em>player it accused of persistent cheating and making threats against its employees. The developer claimed Luca Leone violated the game’s Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) on multiple occasions. It’s seeking $150,000 in damages and an injunction preventing Leone from \u201charassing, stalking or otherwise engaging in unwanted or unsolicited contact with Bungie, its employees or Destiny 2 <\/em>players,\u201d as <\/em> <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n

Bungie said it banned Leone multiple times for using <\/em> cheat software while streaming on Twitch. In an attempt to evade the ban, Leone created 13 accounts, each of which constituted a fresh breach of the LSLA, according to the . The studio claimed Leone violated the LSLA on other fronts, including by selling Destiny 2 <\/em>accounts that contain emblems, or non-transferable badges that players can earn. Bungie says these “are awarded by many players, especially collectors.”<\/p>\n

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In addition, Bungie claims that Leone has made threats regarding the studio and its employees. According to the suit, Leone tweeted “about his desire to ‘burn down’ Bungie’s office building and [wrote] that specific Bungie employees were ‘not safe’ given Leone’s intent to move into their neighborhood.”<\/p>\n

In May, an image of Destiny 2 <\/em>community manager Dylan Gafner’s employee badge appeared on a Twitter account that’s said to belong to Leone. “I just realized I’ll be moving to a place that’s 30 minutes away from dmg,” Leone allegedly wrote, followed by “he is not safe.” Bungie notes that “dmg” likely refers to Gafner, who uses the Twitter handle .<\/p>\n

Leone’s purported Twitter account has since been locked. His reported Twitch channel features no content other than a bio reading “[23-year-old] Bungie playtester from Los Angeles.” Engadget has contacted Leone for comment.<\/p>\n

The filing follows a number of instances of harassment against game developers. Forbes’ <\/em>Paul Tassi that Destiny 2 <\/em>sandbox design lead Kevin Yanes has all but left Twitter. Players reportedly reacted with fury to Yanes saying an item from the original Destiny <\/em>will not return. “I dream of a day where videogame developers (from any studio) can openly discuss their work without being harassed,” Gafner wrote on Twitter on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, Sony Santa Monica developers received threats and for not revealing the God of War: Ragnarok <\/em>release date when the studio was reportedly planning to. Sony Santa Monica the release timing just a few days later.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Bungie has targeted players with legal action. Just last month, it someone who allegedly uploaded music from the Destiny 2<\/em> soundtrack for filing fake DMCA notices against content creators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the same day it became a PlayStation studio, filed a lawsuit against a Destiny 2 player it accused of persistent cheating and making threats against its employees. The developer claimed Luca Leone violated the game’s Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) on multiple occasions. It’s seeking $150,000 in damages and an injunction preventing Leone from …<\/p>\n

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