Blizzard is removing porn featuring characters from Overwatch from the internet.
Rule 34 and why Blizzard probably doesn’t like it
Overwatch is the game of the moment, and that also applies to internet porn clips. Relevant sites reported a boom in clips showing Overwatch characters engaging in sexual acts with the start of the beta. A phenomenon known on the internet as “Rule 34”: “If it exists, there is porn of it.”
One can imagine that Blizzard is not happy about this with their family-friendly corporate philosophy.
Spicy: Especially the “innocently drawn” Tracer, who was intentionally not meant to be sexualized, is at the top of the relevant searches and even outshines the obviously sexualized killer Widowmaker.
Even the 19-year-old D.VA is highly popular among fans of Overwatch porn. And that there are also a gorilla and a robot among the hero lineup of Overwatch…
Blocked for copyright violation
A creator of such clips has now complained on reddit that his creations were deleted by porn sites due to copyright infringement. Apparently, Blizzard has hired the company Irdeto to carry out this “cleansing” and take action against such videos.
As PcGamesN writes, many of these videos come about because the creators use the “Valve’s Source Filmmaker Kit” to take assets directly from the code and then “use” them.
The user on reddit urged the community to put pressure on Blizzard. It’s like Blizzard is “blocking fan art.”
Searching for porn all day? Where do I sign up for that job?
The outrage on reddit is, unsurprisingly, quite limited.
There’s more of a fascination that someone has to have the job “Search for porn all day and make a list of it.”
As one user says: “How can I apply for that position?”
