Bungie Wins Another Lawsuit Against Destiny 2 Cheat-Makers
Bungie has been awarded $6.7 million in damages and legal fees after winning yet another anti-cheating lawsuit, this time against the defendant LaviCheats.
The Destiny 2 developer was awarded a total of $6,700,973, and 34 cents in a default ruling handed down by U.S. district judge Tana Lin, according to a legal document tweeted by Axios’ Stephen Totilo, and reported on by GameSpot.
“NEWS: Bungie wins another cheating lawsuit: a $6.7 million award against Lavicheats, which it sued in 2021”, read Totilo’s tweet. “Defendant never responded to the suit. Was a default judgement. Bungie said the cheats had been downloaded more than 1,700 times, says it spent $2m battling cheat-makers.”
NEWS: Bungie wins another cheating lawsuit: a $6.7 million award against Lavicheats, which it sued in 2021Defendant never responded to the suit. Was a default judgmentBungie said the cheats had been downloaded more than 1700 times, says it spent $2m battling cheat-makers pic.twitter.com/m6nIkzjPZ4
More specifically, the judgment punished LaviCheats for a number of copyright and trademark law violations, while also awarding Bungie over $240,000 to cover its legal costs and attorney fees.
Bungie’s legal win came after the owner of LaviCheats, who lives in India according to a subsequent tweet from Totilo, failed to respond to the legal action, which was first filed back in 2021.
The past few years have seen Bungie engage in a protracted legal campaign against cheat-makers in which it's won a number of victories, accruing millions of dollars in damages in the process.
Earlier this week Bungie claimed a seperate legal victory against the cheat-making company VeteranCheats, this time winning damages to the tune of $12 million. The company also recently
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