Rich Drummond of Gaming Tech United writes:
Hacking a game can be done for a number of reasons. Some do it to change things they don’t like about the game, whereas many do it to cheat, or gain a competitive advantage against the competition. Some developers will ban cheaters for a days or a few weeks, but Blizzard has decided to ban those cheating Overwatch permanently. How does one avoid a permaban? The answer is pretty simple.
In 2023, developed by Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch 2 was released, which was basically a big, glorified update of the original game that launched in 2016. Now, it’s simply reverted to being called just Overwatch, which is probably for the best.
The second iteration of Overwatch was released on the original Nintendo Switch, and while it’s still an enjoyable game with cross-play/progression functions, it’s still lacking in terms of performance and visuals, compared to its PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S counterparts. Well, it was.
As of today, the second iteration of Overwatch is natively available on the Nintendo Switch 2, just in time for Season 2: Summit.
The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Overwatch will have increased resolution both in handheld and docked modes, enhanced textures and lighting, up to 60 frames-per second, improved audio and more.
Blizzard is readying a patch to address the issue that the game is still running in Switch 1 build and just 30 fps.
you'd think they'd test it before pushing it live, lol.
that being said, clearly it's not running as intended.
They know it for sure. Maybe they didn't finish optimizing the game by the targeted release date. That's why they released the Switch 1 30fps version first. XD
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Hahaha who'd have thought it would be that easy! I can't stand hackers in multiplayer games. It's so stupid. Why do you want to ruin the game for others? It's so lame.
Pretty much my thoughts. It sends a message and shows Blizzard really cares about its game.
I agree with banning accounts for cheating, but when they create new accounts and buy the game again, don't cheat and have no intenion to and still get banned I can understand why there'd be a complaint.