Blizzard will take aggressive action against the German bot manufacturer Bossland (WoW, HotS, Diablo 3).
The German company Bossland manufactures bots for World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, and Heroes of the Storm. Blizzard does not like this for understandable reasons. They have been trying to prevent this for a long time.
We have reported in detail during the week about the allegations that Bossland is making against Blizzard, that they obtained the source code for the Heroes of the Storm bot Stormbuddy by threatening a freelancer with a lawsuit. They had no right to do so.
Meanwhile, there’s a statement from Blizzard on the matter, which they provided to Kotaku without addressing the specific incident: Bossland’s entire business model is cheating. Their bots have a negative impact on the community. At Blizzard, cheating is not tolerated, and this is supported by the community.
They have already won numerous lawsuits against Bossland in Germany. Despite their delay tactics, they are confident that the judicial system will comply with Blizzard’s demands and ultimately prohibit the distribution of the bots.
They will continue to “aggressively defend their games and services within the bounds of the law.”
At the end of the statement, they remind players that using bots that automate gameplay will result in losing access to these games.
