Destiny 2 cheat maker AimJunkies has suffered a major setback in its battle against Bungie after a federal court in Seattle dismissed its countersuit against the company.

AimJunkies filed a counterclaim against Bungie's copyright infringement suit in September. The cheat-makers accused Bungie of hacking (open in new tab) and claimed that they had gone through key member James May's computer "numerous times" over a two-year period to prove copyright infringement. The counterclaim also accuses Bungie of "unauthorized and surreptitious monitoring of private records" on May's PC, which it calls "intentional, malicious, and willful"

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The counterclaim seemed quite strong at the time, as the court had dismissed Bungie's first infringement suit (open in new tab) against both AIM Junkies and its parent company, Phoenix Digital. This time, however, the court sided with the Destiny developers, as TorrentFreak (opens in new tab) reports.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Gilley (opens in new tab) said that the lack of evidence on the part of May and Phoenix Digital was the main reason." May has not sufficiently alleged that Bungie accessed his personal computer and files without authorization; to support his claim that Bungie accessed his personal computer, May relies on documents that Bungie allegedly submitted during discovery in this matter. He relies on the documents."

The document continues: "However, May does not explain what this document is or how it proves the case that Bungie allegedly accessed his computer without permission and downloaded his personal information.

The counterclaim also accused Bunge of circumventing Phoenix Digital's terms of service by reverse engineering Phoenix Digital's software. This was also dismissed, with Jilly stating that "neither May nor Phoenix Digital alleges that Bungie has access to copyrighted works," and that "Phoenix Digital has not alleged facts supporting that its "loader software" is protected by technological means." He added.

May and Phoenix Digital have until November 21 to amend their claims, just as Bungie was provided time to amend the copyright infringement complaint that was initially dismissed. Bungie has until December 8 to respond.