Bungie says it has "irrefutable proof" that a well-known streamer accused of leaking the contents of the recent Destiny 2 Community Summit actually leaked confidential information multiple times over several years. However, the streamer in question adamantly maintains his innocence and has vowed to clear his name.

In a brief statement posted on Twitter on April 14, Bungie first mentioned the leak of photos and other information from a recent online presentation.

"Community interaction and engagement is at the heart of Bungie and our games," the studio tweeted. For years, we have invited creators and other members of the community to confidential summits to provide feedback on the future of Destiny. This is an important part of the process, but one that relies heavily on trust.

"If this trust is breached, we may not be able to host the summit. We take such breaches very seriously and are taking action to reinforce our policy towards those who are invited to these internal meetings."

Bungie did not, and still does not, name the streamer, but popular streamer and YouTuber Ekuegan, famous for having completed over 6,000 Grandmaster Nightfalls (basically Destiny 2's most difficult PvE content) Ekuegan first denied the claims on Twitter (opens in new tab) and then confirmed he was the person accused on Forbes (opens in new tab).

The initial evidence against Ekuegan was contained in leaked images containing information including plans for future seasons of Destiny 2, new gear, balance changes, story developments, etc. The image in question was a photograph of someone's computer, taken while the presentation was actually running, and the desktop icon in the photograph was identical to the one on Ekuegan's desktop. As a result of the alleged leak, Ekuegan was banned from Destiny 2, a shocking and disappointing result for the popular streamer with 48,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and nearly 100,000 followers on Twitch, and a disappointing result for many fans.

Ekuegan was not willing to quietly accept L and move on with his life immediately after the ban. "All I know is that company made a huge mistake and I will clear my name," he tweeted on April 17 (open in new tab)." I'm working on it, don't worry < I see the real ones on the tags. My head is held high, I had a nature day today and man getting off the internet felt great."

But in a subsequent tweet of its own, Bungie said it had no doubt about Ekuegan's guilt and, even worse, clarified that this was not an isolated incident.

"Our security and legal teams have reviewed irrefutable evidence, including video recordings, verified messages, and images that show a long-term pattern of sharing confidential information from multi-year community summits with the same person," Bungie tweeted.

"We are extremely disappointed to learn of this information. We do not take actions like this lightly and are confident in our decision. This is our final communication on this matter."

Ekuegan has remained silent since Bungie's "final communication," but he did raise some valid questions earlier. The most obvious of these is: "Why would he do something so stupid? The obvious answer is "influence," but as a popular Destiny 2 streamer, that was most of his business anyway. 'I subscribe to a lot of NDAs (at this point), why would I need to violate them? I've put 14,000 hours into this game and helped people on Grandmasters for hours. "

And as he said on Twitter, if you're going to leak information from a community summit presentation, why take a picture of your screen and post it unedited" It's a strange way for a tech-savvy streamer to share a screenshot Not only is it an obvious giveaway: "I show my desktop every day while live 10-12 hours a day," he tweeted (opens in new tab).

A fair point, but unless Ekgan presents some compelling evidence that he is falsely accused, this will be the end of it. And it's unlikely: the fact that Bungie called out the security and legal teams in a public statement clearly means they have more information than just a handful of images; we've asked Bungie and Ekuegan for comment and will update if we hear back.