News: Blizzard sues StarCraft II hackers

We already know that StarCraft II developer Blizzard has no time for cheaters. Just weeks ago the company issued a blanket ban on users who were using third party hacks or cheats to rig the multiplayer system.

Now the company has gone one step further - by filing legal action against the developers it believes to be responsible for creating this software.

According to Shack News, the company filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles US district court which accuses three programmers (Permafrost and Cranix from Canada and LinuxAwesome from Peru) of “creating and selling hacks for StarCraft II in violation of the end-user license agreement, Battle.net terms of use, and copyright law.

The filing states in more detail:

The harm to Blizzard from Defendants' conduct is immediate, massive and irreparable. By distributing the Hacks to the public, Defendants cause serious harm to the value of StarCraft II.

Among other things, Defendants irreparably harm the ability of Blizzard's legitimate customers (i.e. those who purchase and use unmodified games) to enjoy and participate in the competitive online experience.

That, in turn, causes users to grow dissatisfied with the game, lose interest in the game, and communicate that dissatisfaction, thereby resulting in lost sales of the game or 'add-on' packs and expansions thereto.

We at TechSmart tend to agree, as avid StarCraft II fans there is nothing worse than playing an opponent who is armed with cheats and game cracks.

Blizzard sues StarCraft II hackers

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