'Overwatch' news: Blizzard tweaks Roadhog's hook ability; developers ban 10,000 cheaters in South Korea

Following complaints from players, Blizzard is currently tweaking Roadhog to fix the character's Hook ability issue before another new update hits "Overwatch."

In a forum post, principal designer Geoff Goodman shared the latest changes for the said character. The upcoming update for Roadhog is still being tested by "Overwatch's" public test realm before it goes live. Goodman revealed that the new PTR adds more line of sight checks towards a potential target's left or right. It means that hooking someone who's behind a thin pole or sticking halfway out of a doorway will be easier.

Goodman added that Targets in the air will be treated differently. The new update slows hooked targets while they are stunned, even if they're up in the air. For instance, someone strafe jumping away from a player who gives a hook is "less likely to slide out of line on sight." In addition, the update resolves a bug that "could allow you to hook someone and pull them behind you if you spun around before the hook landed."

On another note, Blizzard is sticking to their guns after they announced that they won't be tolerating cheaters. It turns out that the game's South Korean servers are filled with cheaters, and Blizzard made a move to end the problem. Reports say that the developer has banned over 10,000 players in South Korea who use a new cheating tool known as "nuking."

Blizzard explained that through the cheating tool, players can target opposing teams with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) barrage in an effort to send junk data to their internet connection.

"Creating and delivering a pleasant game environment for the majority of our rule-abiding players is of paramount importance to us," Blizzard Korea team wrote in a statement. "And we are committed to taking all the steps we can to stop players who create, distribute, and use these nuking programs," the statement went on to say.