Overwatch 2 Confirms More than 1 Million Accounts Have Been Banned Since Launch

Overwatch 2 confirms more than 1 million accounts have been banned since launch

Overwatch 2's Defense Matrix system has officially banned more than 1 million accounts since the launch of the game back in 2022. Checking to find aimhacking, wallhacking, and accounts that grouped with players benefitting from these cheats, Blizzard has been trying to make the shooter a fairer place all around. In the most recent blog post, the Overwatch 2 team talks about catching people that were using mouse and keyboard in console lobbies. …

Overwatch 2 Bans Top 1 Million as Blizzard Cracks Down on Console Cheaters

Blizzard is getting tougher on cheaters in Overwatch 2. The studio says it has taken more than 23,000 actions against players abusing unapproved devices on consoles, pushing the total number of banned accounts past one million. New Tech Targets “Ximming” on Consoles A big focus of the crackdown has been on players using a setup known as “ximming.” That’s when someone connects a mouse and keyboard to a console through third-party adapters, tricki…

Overwatch 2 takes action against 23,000 cheats, bringing total of banned accounts to over 1m players

Overwatch 2 has "enacted" over 23,000 "actions" against cheaters after rolling out a new system to find and detect players who use mouse and keyboard in console lobbies, a practice known as ximming.