Court ruling reveals more details about death threats against Destiny 2 developers
Bungie recently filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit(opens in new tab) against Destiny 2 player Luca Leone for cheating, evading bans, and threatening studio employees: At one point, for instance, he told the studio to «keep your doors locked,» and indirectly threatened to «commit arson» at Bungie's headquarters. But a ruling issued in June(opens in new tab) by the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada reveals just how serious those threats were, and how they went far beyond simple trash talk and «jokes.»
The June 15 ruling, which ordered a company called TextNow to provide the real name of a user who had issued threats against Bungie, includes disturbing new details on the nature of the attacks, which began earlier in June after Bungie employees tweeted an ad for Destiny 2(opens in new tab) featuring Twitch streamer Uhmaayyze.
«Shortly after [the Bungie tweet], several employees of Bungie began receiving voicemails and text messages on personal, unpublished telephone numbers repeatedly using the racial slur referred to colloquially as the 'N-word',» Superior Court Justice Fred Myers wrote. «That night a person who called himself 'Brian' left a voicemail on the personal telephone line of the employee who posted the ads. Brian referred to the employee by name and requested that Destiny 2 provide a scene or a downloadable piece of the game (DLC) for 'N-word killing.'
»A few minutes later he called back and identified himself as a member of a far-right-wing social network known to publish material that is censored from mainstream social media. He repeated the request for an 'N-word killing'; DLC to be added to Destiny 2."
Another employee was also subjected to multiple voicemail messages from the same number,
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