Bungie is currently facing a major problem, and the only ones who can help them are the fans of Destiny 2 and their love for the game.
What is Bungie struggling with? As early as October 2024, MeinMMO’s editorial director, Schuhmann, reported on a new lawsuit against Bungie. This time, however, it is not about cheaters but about plagiarism accusations.
The author Kelsey Martineau introduced a fantasy world in 2013 and 2014, which Bungie allegedly copied blatantly. This was supposed to serve as a template for the campaign of the Red War.
Now there are new developments regarding the case, and they initially did not look good for Bungie. The team struggled to prove their innocence. The culprit was a feature that still has no fans in the community.
Content Vault was already regarded as a bad idea back then
Why is the Content Vault problematic? The Content Vault was introduced, to provide more space for new content in Destiny 2. The motto was “Out with the old, in with the new” – unfortunately, this included the popular campaign of the Red War. Many contents have disappeared since then, which were part of the game and the story of the loot shooter.
And although only the community had a problem with it, the very same system has now become the developers’ downfall. Bungie wanted to prove in court that the campaign of the Red War was not copied – however, the evidence was lacking. The reason for this was the vault, as the campaign resided there.
Why didn’t Bungie retrieve the Red War from the vault? It doesn’t work that easily with the vault. The vault is like an intermediate world where all content is stored in a database so that Bungie can access it for future projects.
However, it is not a functional collection that developers can simply pull onto the servers and play. When something ends up in the vault, the developers, if they want to retrieve the content, have to painstakingly rebuild it manually and adapt it to the engine. This costs a lot of time and resources.
How did Bungie solve their problem? In order to defend itself against the plaintiff, Bungie took the help of the community.
There were countless videos on YouTube about the campaign, including the well-known 10-hour lore video by My name is Byf – the lore expert of Destiny 2. With this “archive,” Bungie was able to present some evidence.
Without the loyal fans, Bungie would now have no substantive evidence. Whether the charges will be dropped remains to be seen. You can find more about Destiny 2 here: The Iron Banner brings back one of the worst weapons in Destiny 2 – but you should definitely get it
