Blizzard has announced that it will ban everyone that uses game-modifying software in Diablo 4. However, Blizzard is not only banning those using hacks and cheats. Instead, the company claims that players who use simple mods will put their accounts at risk for disciplinary action, which can include permanent suspension.
To give more context, last week, the team behind TurboHUD released a version of this overlay tool/mod for Diablo 4. TurboHUD helps keeping track of your progression, your performance, and allows you to add quality-of-life improvements to the user interface. This mod was also available for Diablo 3, and a lot of gamers were using it. However, Blizzard has issued a statement, claiming that it may ban those that use this tool in Diablo 4.
As Blizzard stated:
“All Diablo IV players agree to the Blizzard EULA as a condition of playing the game. The Blizzard EULA explicitly prohibits cheating, bots, hacks, and any other unauthorized software which automates, modifies, or otherwise interferes with the game. This is important to players’ security as well as the game’s long-term integrity.
With that in mind, we want to make it clear that TurboHUD4, like any game-modifying software, is prohibited for use with Diablo IV. Players who install this kind of software will put their accounts at risk for disciplinary action, which can include permanent suspension.”
In a way, this does not really surprise us. After all, we’ve been constantly saying that you should be using mods only when playing a game in offline mode. And, since Diablo 4 does not have an offline mode, PC gamers should avoid using even simple mods like TurboHUD.
Diablo 4 came out on June 6th. And as Nick said in his review, the game has numerous GaaS (Game as a Service) elements. So yeah, it’s a bummer that Blizzard is not that friendly to modders as Diablo 4 could greatly benefit from some mods.
It’s also worth noting that Diablo 4 sold like hotcakes. Thus, we can expect Activision/Blizzard’s future games to double down on GaaS elements, online-only features and microtransactions.
Lastly, Blizzard plans to release a new update for the game later this week. From what we know, this upcoming patch will address the controversial balance changes that were added in Update 1.1. For those wondering, there is still no ETA on when this patch will come out. Naturally, though, we’ll be sure to keep you posted!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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Garbage company, doing garbage things. More at 11.
A company with a history of work harrassment shows no ethics with their customers and people keep buying their games. “Poco me parece”.
I’ll wait for the No-DRM GOG edition of Diablo 3 and 4, thankyouverymuch.
Their issues with work have nothing to do with this story. And you still give them a chance to redeem themselves, if there was a no drm gog edition of these games, i would just pirate it.
“work harassment”. I don’t believe a word from the blue-haired freaks. You shouldn’t either.
That will never happen, they will squeal even when MS forces them into Game Pass.
Bunch of greedy mof@s they are.
They are fully catering to console peasants now. Hence why no modding support. On top of that, this was coming for a long time now. The shitbags blizzard fanboys should’ve realized that and boycott this company
First it was Diablo 3 always online DRM, instead of boycott, they where rewarded with 10 million sales. Then they upped the ante with Overwatch, banning people over petty nonsense like using only one type of character, “off-site behaviour” and much more. At this point they can get away with anything.
They are fully catering to console peasants now. Hence why no modding support. On top of that, this was coming for a long time now. The shitbags blizzard fanboys should’ve realized that and boycott this company
Nothing new
Only a shadow of their former selves.
You’re just getting older. Gaming is inherently uninteresting to adults with actual lives.
Well that explains your comments…you haven’t reached adulthood yet.
I still like a couple of games each year.
I don’t like corpo games, that is the problem.
Don’t even bother being civil to the troll account. She doesn’t understand it.
He is not wrong in his reply. Anyone who still gives money to the likes of ActiMicroBlizzard is functional children.
“Corpo games”. Stop trying so hard to be from Cyberpunk 2077.
You need me to spell rest of the word “corporate” for you or what?
Seems like you are the AAA target audience for sure, or just trolling as usual.
You gotta Jill yourself ASAP.
Hate to break it to you but all games developers are corporate, even the Indie studios incorporate for legal, business, liability, and tax reasons
This is completely false statement by the way. I am talking about corporate company structure on top of that. But you obviously know all of that.
By “gaming” you mean greedy scum preying on unsupervised children, or stupid whales with a lot of money to spend.
He loves it like that.
This is what having a captive audience looks like. Zero concern about losing sales or customers. Going from memory Blizzard does ban people over petty reasons ever since the first Overwatch, which was already a evolution over scr#wing their fans with always online DRM like Diablo 3, the first test run in how to sell a single player always online game.
well,don’t buy this crappy company’s games . To hell with blizzard.
This is not Blizzard anymore, they (Blizzard North) effectively disbanded around W III.
It would be like believing Bioware is still Bioware. Heh.
This is not Blizzard anymore, they (Blizzard North) effectively disbanded around W III.
It would be like believing Bioware is still Bioware. Heh.
This is what having a captive audience looks like. Zero concern about losing sales or customers. Going from memory Blizzard does ban people over petty reasons ever since the first Overwatch, which was already a evolution over screwing their fans with always online DRM like Diablo 3, the first test run in how to sell a single player always online game.
They are essentially doing you a favor.
You should be banned from life for buying their stuff in the first place
So, they want $70+ for RENTING their game, and only for a little while…
Apparently, they are counting on a sucker being born every minute.