Today's News:
* According to a report from the Game Post, Bungie was recently award $12 million by a court over their lawsuit against cheat seller website VeteranCheats and its owner Mihai Claudiu-Florentin. Bungie claimed that the cheat hacks being sold by the website had "caused significant harm to Destiny 2 and its community, frustrating users and undermining the game’s intent" as the reason for their lawsuit.
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Originally Posted by Destructoid
As reported by The Game Post, Bungie filed suit against Romanian Claudi-Florentin in 2021, accusing the website owner of committing copyright infringement and tortious interference through the development selling of various hacks and cheats, distributed through the VeteranCheats domain. The key software allows players to see through walls and auto-aim, alongside other in-game advantages.
Bungie argued that the sale of VeteranCheats had caused significant harm to Destiny 2 and its community, frustrating users and undermining the game’s intent. Bungie sought default judgment of just over $12 million USD, including statutory damages of $2,000 for each of the cheat’s 5,848 downloads, as well as an additional $146,000 for copyright violation, and payment for the studio’s legal fees.
The District Court of Washington found in favor of Bungie’s claim, and ordered a total damage reparation of $12,059,912.98. In addition, Claudi-Florentin was barred from engaging in any activity that opposes Bungie’s copyright act and DMCA rulings. As of this writing, the VeteranCheats website is still operational, selling cheats for other popular video games including Call of Duty and PUBG. The Destiny 2 hacks, obviously, have since been removed.
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Link:
https://thegamepost.com/bungie-wins-...veterancheats/ ,
https://www.destructoid.com/bungie-a...eller-lawsuit/
* The Strong Museum recently announced that Will Sports, Barbie Fashion Designer, Computer Space, and The Last of Us will be the inductees for this year's World Video Game Hall of Fame class. In regards to games that missed out being selected for this year's class, GoldenEye 007, Quake, and Age of Empires were among the games not selected from this year's pool of candidates.
Link:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...e-hall-of-fame
* Activision Blizzard announced they will be holding a live stream session on May 10th for their upcoming Diablo IV game that will focus on the game's Battle Pass, seasons, and cosmetics systems.
Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/diablo-i...s-battle-pass/