Destiny 2 Streamer Denies Leaking Major Changes, Banned Anyway

Big changes are coming to Destiny 2 this year and some of them fled earlier in the month. Bungie now thinks it knows who is responsible and has taken action, banning popular Twitch streamer Ekuegan Teko-Agbo from the game he plays for a living. The content creator says he’s innocent, though, and no one really knows what to make of the whole episode.

Every once in a while, Bungie hosts a secret meeting with star players and content creators from around the world. Destiny 2 Community to preview upcoming changes and get feedback on the state of the game and its future. These summits are invite-only and strongly NDA, but that hasn’t stopped apparent screenshots of a PowerPoint presentation from the most recent from being leaked to Discord on April 5 by a user called Freezing Dart. The slideshow apparently revealed upcoming content, weapons, and gameplay changes. A week later, Bungie took the unprecedented step of publicly acknowledging the leak.

“Community interaction and engagement is at the heart of Bungie and our games,” he tweeted April 14. “For years, we’ve invited creators and other community members to confidential summits to provide their input on the future of Destiny. It’s a beloved part of the process, but one that relies heavily on trust.

The studio continued:

Breaches of this trust could prevent us from organizing more summits. We take these violations very seriously and are taking steps to reinforce our policies with those invited to these internal meetings.

He didn’t mention Ekuegan by name, but the streamer later confirmed that Bungie chose him as the source of the leak in an interview with Paul Tassi from Forbes. The veteran player known in the community for his skills and achievements in the game said he won’t be playing it again after the ban and proceeded to remove some VODs from past Destiny 2 streams. Yet he says he is innocent and has no knowledge of the leak, despite practically attending the summit in question.

What seems to have singled out Ekuegan as the leaker are desktop icons in the leaked computer screenshots that match his own. He told Tassi that was the explanation Bungie gave him, and he even suggested that he might have been framed. “I’m in so many NES [at the moment], why would I violate it? It’s part of the job,” Ekuegan told Tassi. “I spent 14,000 hours on this game, many hours helping people in Grandmasters.”

One possibility is that the leaks were expertly photoshopped to incriminate Ekuegan despite coming from someone else. Another possibility is that someone else used their computer to produce the leak. It’s Tassi’s theory, and that would reconcile people’s perception of Ekuegan as an honest and dedicated figure in the Destiny 2 community with all the evidence Bungie has. It would still be a violation of his NDA, but it would make more sense for Ekuegan to blow up his career to momentarily and secretly impress a small Discord channel.

Ekuegan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Other big Destiny 2 streamers and content creators were also in disbelief. I saw Ekuegan as nothing but kind to me and the community,” wrote Gladd. “It’s a pillar. I trust him; take it for what it’s worth. At the very least, Bungie needs to take a closer look at this. Destiny 2 Lore YouTuber Byf was more concise“No idea what to think. The whole situation sucks.

It is not known when or if answers will be provided. Bungie didn’t elaborate beyond its first two tweets and didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

In the meantime, Ekuegan is still streaming other games and said he was working to clear his name. “I’ve come to a place where I’m happy with who I am in life,” he tweeted. “I personally know the truth, I know who I am and I am happy to know it. Only God can Judge Me.”

Update 4/17/23 10:24 PM ET: Bungie released a new statement late Monday night saying it had “irrefutable evidence” showing a pattern of Ekuegan leaking confidential Destiny 2 information for several years now.

“We are very disappointed to have learned of this information and wish things had turned out differently with this individual,” the studio wrote. “We do not take these steps lightly and we are confident in our decision. This is our last communication on this subject.