Destiny 2 developer Bungie has confirmed that an in-game message that revealed Warlocks had won the Guardian Games two weeks before the end of the event was "sent out erroneously".
The confusing message – which said, "Warlocks earned the most medallions and won this year's games!" – popped up in the game just a couple of days after a separate message declared that Titans were in the lead, leading to a lot of confusion and some very excellent "stop the count" jokes (opens in new tab).
The studio stopped short of apologizing but did confirm that as the Games event doesn't end until May 23, "the winning class has not been officially announced yet".
"We're aware that an in-game message announcing the winner of Guardian Games was sent out erroneously," Bungie announced via a tweet.
"Guardian Games still have two weeks left, and the winning class has not been officially announced yet."
We're aware that an in-game message announcing the winner of Guardian Games was sent out erroneously.Guardian Games still have two weeks left and the winning class has not been officially announced yet.May 5, 2023
A few weeks ago, Bungie laid down the law after a Destiny 2 community summit led to a big Season 21 leak (opens in new tab), despite the accused streamer still denying what the studio calls "irrefutable evidence". (opens in new tab)
In a tweet also posted on the Destiny 2 Team Twitter account (opens in new tab), Bungie said, "Our Security and Legal teams have reviewed irrefutable evidence, including video recordings, verified messages, and images demonstrating a pattern over time that confirm the same individual shared confidential information from Community Summits spanning multiple years.
"We are very disappointed to have learned
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