Overwatch is a great game. It blends keen teamwork and situational awareness with clever characters and interesting maps, and for the most part the experience is a pure one. There are, just like any other online game, a select few that love to cheat. Worse still are companies that make that exceptionally easy, by selling tools to allow anyone with a credit card an unfair advantage online. Blizzard is trying to take one down, but they have a storied past.
As first reported by TorrentFreak, Blizzard have filed a suit against known cheat tools creator Bossland, who are currently selling an Overwatch cheating tool called Watchover Tyrant. The tool allows players to use checkboxes (yeah, it’s that easy) to enable health buffs, enemy locations, weapon buffs and more. An early version of the tool can be seen below, with the current version apparently being a little more advanced already.
Of course, a tool like this is dangerous to Overwatch. It lessens the experience for people who encounter it online, and as Blizzard states could even keep people away from purchasing it. That’s why Blizzard is pursing legal action against Bossland – although it’s had a troubled history with the German-based company.
Bossland has been implicated in creating cheating tools for both Hearthstone and World of Warcraft in the past, and Blizzard has had a difficult time prosecuting them. Bossland’s response to this latest suit says it all really, with the company not really taking it seriously. Since the suit was filed in California, Bossland doesn’t think that any outcome will have any enforceable affect on their company.
Even worse is the fact that Blizzard recently had to pay legal costs to Bossland after losing to them in a similar battle. So while the intentions are pure, Blizzard really are fighting another uphill battle to preserve the sanctity of their latest IP.
Last Updated: July 5, 2016
RinceThis
July 5, 2016 at 11:06
To the gallows!
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 5, 2016 at 11:13
I didn’t expect you to be so enthusiastic about it.
RinceThis
July 5, 2016 at 11:14
Really?
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 5, 2016 at 11:16
Oh, did you mean them? 😛
RinceThis
July 5, 2016 at 11:24
You shut up!
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 5, 2016 at 11:29
Sssshhh, people in the gallows aren’t allowed to speak
Deceased
July 5, 2016 at 11:09
Fuck, I really, really do hope Blizzard wins this one, and that it REKS this fucktard company to such a degree that the CEO ( or whatever is in charge of bossland ) is a peasant for the rest of his/her useless life 😐
( side note – I fucking LOATHE cheaters )
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 5, 2016 at 11:17
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VampyreSquirrel
July 5, 2016 at 11:26
That could seriously break Overwatch. I hope Blizz puts something in place that bans anyone using it and wins the case.
Dawid Eduard Roestorf
July 5, 2016 at 11:29
I know I will get a lot of backlash for what’s to follow, but that is why I prefer gaming on console.
While people can still cheat, it is a lot harder. PC online games are full of cheaters, and is not fun at all
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 5, 2016 at 11:30
I’ll share the backlash with you. The Division is another title that released this year that’s rife with hackers and Ubisoft basically admitted they can’t do anything about it.
Jonah Cash
July 5, 2016 at 12:21
I made the mistake of buying The Division on PC. The online part was truly crap! Found players that were like sponges and whose guns killed with just one bullet. Won’t buy an online shooter on my PC ever again, no matter how much prettier it is.
Sean Carbutt
July 5, 2016 at 12:56
You are right, but it still happens on console. I saw this all the time while playing Battlefield 3 and 4. AIMBOTS. Yip, using the pc as a conduit for the ps. But, cheaters will be cheaters
Dawid Eduard Roestorf
July 5, 2016 at 13:10
Not denying that it happens on console as well. But you have to admit, it is a lot harder to do on Console, than on PC. At least on PC, if I get a server with people using aimbots, I switch and they are normally gone. On PC, I don’t think such a server even exists.
BakedBagel
July 5, 2016 at 15:42
Dota2 has the highest player base on steam, and there are no hacks for dota2.
There are scripts. That enable you to make inhumane movements relating to enemy movements etc, but its not a hack.
PC does have a shit-ton more hackers.
I play alot of SP games tho, so meh.
Dane
July 5, 2016 at 13:58
“Legal” system.
GooseZA
July 6, 2016 at 11:35
*carries on playing on console without a care in the world*