In a lawsuit that Bungie brought against Elite Boss Tech, the Canadian company that made cheating software for Destiny 2, they and Bungie have reached a deal. Elite Boss Tech agreed to pay £13.5 million (£11 million) to Bungie. Elite Boss Tech can’t make any more software that is similar to Bungie’s because of a permanent injunction in the agreement. Torrentfreak wrote about the details of the agreed-upon settlement between the two companies, which has not yet been signed off by the court.
Destiny is one of the productions that have been tormented by subsequent cheats. Fraudsters influenced the experience of normal players, causing some people to simply quit the game. Bungie did not want to leave it there and began the official fight with Elite Boss Tech.
In August of last year, the lawsuit was filed in California district courts, along with two others against other people who made software that helps people cheat. The suit was named Elite Boss Tech, another company called 11020781 Canada Inc., one of its owners, and several defendants only known by their online handles who were said to have made, sold and spread cheating software for use with Destiny 2. Through the website wallhax.com, the cheats were sold.
Each of the 6,765 downloads of the cheating software, which Bungie says broke copyright laws like the anti-circumvention parts of the DMCA, was found to be worth $2,000 (£1,633) in statutory damages.
This isn’t the first time that Bungie has gone after people who sell cheating software for Destiny 2. Last January, the people who made Halo and Riot Games filed a lawsuit in California against GatorCheats, a website that was said to sell cheats for Destiny 2 like auto-aiming and seeing enemies through walls. Back in July 2021, Bungie and Ubisoft worked together to sue a company called Ring-1. They did this again through the courts in California.
Destiny 2 can be played for free on Steam. Don’t forget, kids: winners don’t cheat unless they don’t get caught.