The world is looking for Sombra. But sometimes the Overwatch hunt goes too far and results in real crimes.
The hunt for Sombra, presumably the next hero of Overwatch, occasionally takes strange turns. This is mainly because Blizzard has created an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) around Sombra, in which the hacker repeatedly embeds small details about herself and her release in various works. This ranges from small glitches in “Developer Update” videos to a strange percentage counter that keeps filling up incessantly.
However, sometimes it is no longer a game and causes real problems. For example, there was a player whose Battle.net account name contained the word “Sombra”, which led some fans to hack this account. They even pretended to be the real owners of the account and forged various evidence.
In another case, there was a picture in an Overwatch comic that very distantly showed the login screen of World of Warcraft – even with a registered email address. Here too, the “Game Detectives” attempted to crack the account in order to possibly obtain new information about the upcoming hero.
The latest leak has also led to problems again. In the image that (allegedly) shows Sombra, there was a link to a website that requires a login from everyone who accesses it. More precisely, the “Blizzard Employee Network” – meaning employee access. This surely wasn’t part of this “game”, even if Blizzard hasn’t commented on it yet.
What do you think about the whole Sombra ARG? An exciting thing where it’s no wonder that some go overboard, or does the secrecy annoy you?
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