Overview

• Sci-fi author Matthew Kelsey Martineau alleges Bungie plagiarized his WordPress-published work for Destiny 2's Red Legion storyline.
• Bungie's motion to dismiss the case was denied as it could not provide original game builds for the Red War and Curse of Osiris campaigns, now vaulted and inaccessible.
• The studio submitted fan-made YouTube videos and Destinypedia wiki entries as substitute evidence, which the court deemed inadmissible due to authenticity concerns.
• Judge Susie Morgan ruled that the case's complexity and lack of sufficient discovery warranted advancing to the formal discovery phase.
• This case highlights the legal challenges posed by live-service games' content vaulting practices, which complicate evidence preservation and production.