Overwatch: Blizzard plans to aggressively permaban cheaters

16 May 2016

Steve Wright

Blizzard has declared it will aggressively deal with Overwatch cheaters, permabanning said users after one solitary offense.

Community Manager Lylirra took to the game’s forums, saying that anyone caught using hacks, bots or similar cheating methods will be banned swiftly.

You can report those cheating via hacks@blizzard.com.

Overwatch is available from 24 May on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.

TagsActivision Blizzard Overwatch

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