The Destiny 2 Community Is Divided After Bungie Accuses Streamer of Leaks

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A month ago, leaked images began appearing online that seemed to show upcoming changes and content for Bungie’s looter shooter: Destiny 2.

The leaks themselves came as no surprise to many of those in the Destiny community. This kind of thing has happened before. So many times, in fact, that many Destiny players have had an idea about what upcoming content would include for a very long time, with a trail of mostly accurate leaks stretching back years. But this time, something was different.

Previously, leaked information on upcoming content appeared to come from within Bungie’s own ranks, in at least one case where current employees were apparently fired for leaking and another where a self-described disgruntled, fired employee leaked a year’s worth of content out of spite (only a small amount of which has proven true so far).

But with this latest round of leaks, Bungie pointed the finger in an unexpected direction: its own community of influencers.

Bungie first broke the news via a series of tweets from an employee-managed account:

Breaches of this trust could result in our inability to hold more summits. We take these breaches extremely seriously and are taking actions to reinforce our policies with those invited to these internal meetings.

In the tweets, the developer references Bungie Community Summits, where content creators are invited to in-person or digital events to preview changes coming to the game and get a chance to voice their feedback and have an impact on its future. Similar to Bungie's in-person and digital events, everyone involved in these summits agrees to non-disclosure agreements (or NDAs) and embargoes as a condition of their attendance, which bars attendees from disclosing information until a