After the "sexual harassment simulation" custom game was strongly opposed, Blizzard insisted that they were "working to improve" the user-customized content of Overwatch 2 moderately.
This free multiplayer game contains freely naming custom game modes, but Blizzard's word filter doesn't seem to block certain words.
Twitter user Lynn MBE issued a warning on Twitter after finding a very inappropriate custom game on her 12-year-old son’s computer screen.
"Don't let your kids play Overwatch. My 12-year-old son found a custom game inside, one called "Sexual Harassment" and the other was a simulation of a female character being raped. Thankfully, my son realized that something was wrong and turned off the game and told me."
comedian and Twitch anchor Brian "Limmy" Limond shared a screenshot of the description of the custom game in response to the tweet.
"This is the 1.2 version of the new and unique sexual harassment simulator," it says, which is the inheritance of the playable mode in Overwatch 1, "Find new friends, live a normal life, have a baby!"
is not clear yet who the creator of this mode is. The custom mode is very bad, so I won't repeat it here.
"Inappropriate or explicit content will never appear in our games," a Blizzard spokesperson told PC Gamer. "We immediately deleted it when we realized the existence of an inappropriate game mode created by users. We are constantly improving automatic filters to prevent inappropriate users from creating content and manually deleting anything that is not captured by the system."
However, despite the removal of this custom game from the list, it can still be accessed using its unique five-digit code, indicating significant review issues in Overwatch 2.
Overwatch 2 has been plagued by various problems since its release, from controversial SMS verification to DDoS attacks, and an automatic purchase vulnerability.
In addition to bugs and technical issues, auditing is a more basic problem that needs to be solved.
