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Joshua Wolens

Sci-fi author sues Bungie, says it nicked ideas from his Wordpress blog for Destiny 2's blowout first campaign

Destiny 2 bobblehead of Calus.

Bungie's off to court, but it might not have much to worry about. The studio is being sued (via The Game Post) in a copyright infringement lawsuit for—so alleges plaintiff Kelsey Martineau—copying parts of Destiny 2's storyline from Martineau's work. He's after damages and injunctive relief—which, given you can't actually play the offending campaign anymore, might be a moot point.

Martineau, a writer, reckons that Bungie purloined elements of a story he wrote for Destiny 2's Red War storyline (since archived forever, sealed away in the game's odd story vault). Per Martineau's complaint: "In 2013 and 2014, Martineau, writing under the pen name Caspar Cole, authored an original work about a unique and captivating fantasy world."

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