Destiny 2 developer Bungie has received a $4.3million (£3.7million) lawsuit towards cheat vendor AimJunkies.
The lawsuit has been ongoing since 2021 when Bungie first filed the go well with. The developer was awarded $3.6million (£3million) in damages and $738,000 (£608,000) in charges (as reported by Eurogamer).
Bungie’s case towards Aimjunkies was initially thrown out final April as a consequence of 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 May, a third-party cheat creator, with out permission. However, their try and countersue failed.
In August, AimJunkies claimed that the corporate’s cheats had no impact on Destiny’s recognition.
NEWS: Bungie has received a $4.3 million award towards a #Destiny2 cheat vendor AimJunkies in arbitration. ($3.6m in damages and $738k in charges) pic.twitter.com/SWkkRn2ZOi
— Destiny Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) February 20, 2023
Meanwhile, Bungie has now filed an analogous lawsuit towards 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 whole lawsuit could be $6.7million (£5.5million).
In the lawsuit, Bansal’s (aka LeviCheats) illegal actions are described as “flagrant and wilful” and “demonstrates a willingness to continue with his illegal activities”.
It provides: “Bansal’s statements and actions since receiving notice of the complaint in this action demonstrate that, absent a significant damage award, Bansal is unlikely to cease his unlawful actions”.
Bansal allegedly responded to a publish on the LaviCheats web site discussion board by writing: “Bungie lawyers you can suck my nuts!”
NEW: Another #Destiny2 cheat vendor, LaviCheats, has been hit with a $6.7 million lawsuit from Bungie.
Bungie desires not less than “$2,000 for every of the two,790 cheat software program” downloaded from vendor’s web sites. pic.twitter.com/1Kxe64eV9x
— Destiny Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) February 20, 2023
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Bungie has spent over £1.6million attempting to cease cheats from impacting Destiny 2.
The developer beforehand issued a £6.2million lawsuit towards a copyright fraudster and settled for £10.7million out of courtroom with one Destiny 2 cheat website. More not too long ago, the corporate demanded £9.9million from one other cheat website VeteranCheats.
In that more moderen lawsuit, Bungie claimed: “Each of these pieces of cheat software functions differently and Bungie has been forced to combat each component independently. The more complex and different the cheat is, the more expensive it is to combat.”