The shooter Destiny 2 is having trouble with cheaters. So Bungie, the company behind the cheat program, decided to sue. But things didn’t go as smoothly as planned. Now the cheating company is threatening a lawsuit of its own, making accusations against Bungie and presenting a strange offer.
This is the situation:
- The company “Aimjunkies” produces cheating programs for Destiny 2: including aimbots, programs that eliminate any recoil, or overlays that give players advantages.
- Bungie has sued the company for copyright infringement, claiming they copied the code from Destiny 2 and reverse-engineered it to create their software.
- In May 2022, Destiny 2 faced a setback in court: The judge determined that Bungie had not provided enough evidence as to how exactly the cheat software was a copy of the Destiny 2 code. Bungie was given time to submit this evidence.
This is how the cheating company is reacting now: The cheating company is trying to turn the tables and intends to take legal action against Bungie and other companies.
The logic of Aimjunkies is:
- Bungie says: Cheating harms Destiny 2. But that’s not true; the player numbers of Destiny 2 have actually increased.
- Bungie is trying to solve a problem in court that they can’t manage despite all their resources in the game.
- Ultimately, their product is also just an “overlay” like the one from Steam, and Bungie could also distribute it in their own version.
Cheating provider compares its product to Steam overlay
Literally, the company stated:
“It is our view that we offer a software product that does exactly the same as Steam or many other overlays. We believe that the Steam overlay and others are not copied works. Bungie also claims that we cause them great harm to their game, although they actually had some of their strongest months in player numbers and sales when Aimjunkies offered our product.”
Cheat provider threatens lawsuit, accuses Bungie of a “bully” mentality
What does Aimjunkies want to sue Bungie for? Aimjunkies claims: An employee or contractor of Bungie purchased the cheat software from Aimjunkies and then had it decompiled and analyzed by a “non-disclosed company.”
This would clearly violate their terms of service.
They say Bungie wants to make cheating illegal because they “can’t control their players.”
For Bungie, there’s a strange proposal:
“We at Phoenix Digital Group have offered to work with Bungie on several solutions to solve their problems. We believe we can integrate our features into one of their versions to distribute, but their pride and bully mentality, of course, prevent them from thinking outside the box.”
The company apparently decides to go on the offensive. Only in June 2022, Bungie achieved a blow against cheaters, as they emerged victorious in another lawsuit against a cheat provider, and returned home with full pockets:
