{"id":24001,"date":"2023-02-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/overwatch-2-will-start-banning-people-who-team-up-with-cheaters\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:00:00","slug":"overwatch-2-will-start-banning-people-who-team-up-with-cheaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/overwatch-2-will-start-banning-people-who-team-up-with-cheaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 Will Start Banning People Who Team Up With Cheaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Blizzard announced in a February 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/overwatch.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/23910164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">update blog<\/a> that it\u2019s taking a new, more aggressive approach to <em>Overwatch 2<\/em> cheating. The developer will no longer ban just cheaters themselves\u2014though it boasts already wiping out \u201cover 50,000 accounts that we found to be cheating since the launch of <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>\u201d\u2014but also anyone that\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/overwatch-2-defense-matrix-update-cheating-account-ban-1850070563\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard announced in a February 1 update blog that it\u2019s taking a new, more aggressive approach to Overwatch 2 cheating. 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