In a blogpost on the Korean Overwatch site, Blizzard released information about the continued crackdown on Korean hackers and nukers. This blogpost is the latest response to a long line of issues that have plagued the Korean Overwatch scene, many of which resulted in a ban of over 10,000 Korean Overwatch accounts in February. The blogpost, which was translated from …
Over 10,000 Overwatch Accounts Banned in Korea
In a post on the Blizzard’s Korean Overwatch forum, Blizzard Korea announced the banning of over 10,000 accounts. The accounts were flagged as hacking accounts that used aimbots or “nuking” within the game. This is a similar crackdown to a number of Overwatch player bases that included the removal of 1,572 players in China in June 2016. In an article …