Bungie Admits Some Destiny 2 PC Players "Banned In Error"

"We have identified a group of players who were banned in error. Those players have been unbanned."

By Joe Skrebels

Bungie has admitted that some players of Destiny 2 on PC had been "banned in error" and has overturned those decisions.

Yesterday, we saw multiple reports that Destiny 2 PC players were being banned en masse from the game, with no explanation given as to why.

In a security update following the outcry, Bungie attempted to explain its banning process, saying that bans were applied to around 400 players "who were using tools that pose a threat to the shared ecosystem of the game".

However, in an update, Bungie wrote: "As part of our ban review process, we have identified a group of players who were banned in error. Those players have been unbanned. The bans were not related to the third-party applications listed above. We will continue to review the process we use to ensure a fun and fair game."

No reasoning was given for why those bans were originally applied, or the error that had led to them being overturned.

Particularly of note is that Bungie says that Destiny 2 cannot auto-ban players, which doesn't appear to tally with reports that players were receiving bans upon opening the game.

Activision has not provided comment to IGN since our request yesterday - we're following up once more in an attempt to further understand the issue.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he has only been banned from one place - an indie club in Kos - and it was because he was enjoying Kings of Leon's first album too much. Halcyon days. Follow him on Twitter.

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