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Austin Wood

Destiny 2 joins other big shooters in clowning on third-party device cheaters

Destiny 2 Lightfall

Just days after Warzone 2 updated its anti-cheat practices to weed out players using third-party devices like the infamous Cronus, Destiny 2 developer Bungie is breaking out the ban hammer to pound the same peripherals into dust.

"Bungie's stance on third-party peripherals entering their villain arc," reads the opening salvo of the studio's latest blog post. "Our community has grown increasingly frustrated by a form of cheating that uses third-party peripherals with the intent to manipulate the game client. These devices are plugged into a computer or console, where they can—for example—execute simple scripts or trick the game into giving you extra aim assist."

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