'Overwatch' is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. (Photo : YouTube/IGN)
Blizzard Korea has taken action to the increasing number of players using aimbots and nuking in their regions. As such, more than 10,000 "Overwatch" hackers and cheaters were banned recently.
A new post in the Blizzard Korea forums revealed the number of caught cheaters in the South Korean region of "Overwatch." These players were caught using cheating strategies such as the usage of aimbots and nuking.
Nuking is basically a new form of hacking, where players send large chunks of packets to the IP address of their opposing team, which sort of creates a similar effect to that of a small-scale DDoS attack. This attack results to the victim's game slowing down drastically, which could disconnect them from the game server.
Nuking is a big problem in Korea, as a lot of players prefer playing the game in internet cafes. As such, if one person's IP gets targeted, the entire internet café suffers, meaning that all people in the establishment will have extremely slow net speed.
Although this form of cheating is not as widespread as the usage of aimbots, players are already looking at Blizzard to stop the menace. Thankfully, in a statement to Kotaku, Blizzard views nuking as harsh as any DDoS attack, and that they are in the process of cracking down the people who use the tactic to create unfair advantage.
The developer also said that they are committed to ensuring that the multiplayer experience is fair and fun for all "Overwatch" players. They are also striving to improve their anti-hack and cheat methods, thus an update will be issued soon in order to prevent hacks such as nuking from occurring.
While banning 10,000 players in one go is a significant move, but given the fact that "Overwatch" has more than 20 million players, the changes within the game's community will not be affected that much. Regardless, the move signifies that Blizzard is still doing something to make the whole experience fair and fun.
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