Destiny 2 is halfway through Season of Defiance, and Bungie is soon releasing a mid-Season patch to change the sandbox in a significant way, as well as pave the way for Season of the Deep to launch at the end of May. While Bungie typically shares some details about upcoming releases ahead of time, Season of the Deep has been caught in a big controversy due to massive leaks that hit the internet over the past few weeks. This includes Destiny 2 leaks about Season 21's Dungeon weapons, for example, as well as returning guns and new loot, and it seems that the company finally found the alleged culprit in popular content creator Ekuegan.

A Twitch Ambassador and Destiny 2 Guardian with years of experience leading fellow players to complete endgame content, Ekuegan, also known as G1 EK, has been facing accusations from Bungie and community members alike. This is because the recent Season of the Deep leaks came as pictures of a PC desktop that seemingly has the same icons as Ekuegan's toolbar, which Bungie recognized from the recent Summit where S21 details were shared and the content creator's own streams. However, Ekuegan denies doing this with a quite convincing reason - he wouldn't have a motive for spreading leaks anonymously and breaching NDA with Bungie.

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Destiny 2's Season 21 Leaks and Bungie's Stance on Accusations Against Ekuegan

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Destiny 2's recent Season 21 leaks did end up damaging Bungie and the upcoming release by providing those who looked them up with all kinds of details surrounding the new Season and its contents. From a Power Level rework that completely eliminates the need for players to infuse gear to a slew of new guns coming to the game that could very well change the current meta. All of this comes from a Summit Bungie held, and the leaks were then shared on a Discord server by a user called FreezingDart.

In the wake of Bungie's social media posts regarding the leaks, Ekuegan's Destiny 2 career was implied to have come to an end due to being banned from the company on account of sharing leaks. Still, his position has always been very clear, and he mentioned that he wouldn't have anything to gain from sharing leaks online anonymously, as many pointed a finger at Ekuegan stating he would do it for clout. Furthermore, he has been actively playing the game for years and has a whopping total of 6,137 clears of Destiny 2's Grandmaster Nightfalls and 5,237 runs as a sherpa.

Ekuegan also stated that he is under multiple NDAs in an interview with Forbes, and he would have no reason to breach any. And yet, Bungie calls the questions closed and states it won't pursue legal action against the alleged leaker, with Ekuegan not commenting further and trying to stay away from the unflattering spotlight. A good part of the Destiny 2 community has gathered to express its support for Ekuegan, with many speaking up against the accusation on account of the content creator's character and career not depicting him as someone who would ever do this.

However, it's possible that Bungie's argument is that if Ekuegan didn't really leak anything from the Destiny 2 Community Summit himself, he still failed to secure the information that was under NDA, and as such is still to be regarded as the culprit. This logic makes sense on one hand, but it still fails to explore other options, such as external leakers that got their hands on Ekuegan's files or editing images to point a finger at the content creator. As it stands, there's a chance that players will simply never know who the leaker was and if it was indeed Ekuegan, but it's likely that Bungie will be much more careful in future Destiny 2 events.

Destiny 2 is currently available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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