‘Blizzard’ Flexes Muscle Dealing With Cheating Company

Cheating has always been a part of the gaming landscape. When done during the single-player campaign mode, it doesn’t cause as many problems. It’s still frowned upon, but it doesn’t elicit the same response as it would when done during competitive multiplayer. A good example of what can happen when cheating is done when playing with others is the case of “Blizzard” banning accounts of cheaters and filing a lawsuit against the cheating company selling cheating software to players.

As Tech Times emphasized, “Blizzard” is extremely adamant about keeping the playing field fair for everyone involved. This intent has been especially palpable with their massively popular online shooting game, “Overwatch.” Aside from banning any player caught cheating, the company is now suing the company called “Bossland,” which is a firm that sells cheating software and is based in Germany.

Pertaining to “Overwatch” in particular, the cheat software that “Bossland” offers is called “Watchover Tyrant,” which provides cheaters with a ton of useful information that allows them to gain an advantage over their opponents. Details such as map positions and current health levels are displayed, which then allows these cheaters to plan ahead and ambush players from other teams.

The lawsuit involves violations in terms of copyright and anti-circumvention provisions under the DMCA. “Blizzard” is demanding monetary compensation for damages on the publisher, according to Polygon, since they claim to have lost millions of dollars as a result of the cheats.

According to “Bossland,” however, it seems any decision made by the courts in California will have no effect on them as a company since they are based in Germany. “Bossland” is even responding to the lawsuit by doubling down on their cheat software and aim to make it more difficult to detect, which means that the company is now openly declaring defiance against “Blizzard.” Essentially, “Bossland” just declared war on the makers of “Overwatch.”