Last year developer Blizzard started a lawsuit against German company Bossland, as their bots allowed players to cheat in Blizzard games like Overwatch and Hearthstone, and now we know via a report provided by TorrentFreak some more details about the lawsuit.
The report is critical of Bossland's decision to default rather than defend the action, saying: "Bossland's decision to default is a calculated and bad-faith tactic designed to shield its unlawful conduct from the reach of United States law. By defaulting, Bossland apparently hopes to block Blizzard from taking any discovery into its conduct, thereby concealing from Blizzard the scope of its unlawful conduct, the amount of revenue it has received from the Bossland Hacks, and the whereabouts of its assets [...] Bossland also hopes that by hiding this information it may avoid a monetary judgment or render any judgment that may be entered against it either unenforceable in the courts of Germany or uncollectable. Thus, Bossland hopes that it will be able to continue to conduct business as usual, and that Blizzard will be unable to avail itself of the relief to which it is entitled."
Blizzard is looking for $8.5 million USD in return for these offences, this sum being a calculation of the amount of downloads which were made from Bossland for Blizzard titles, costing $200 each.
The lawsuit is ongoing, however, and no conclusions have been reached.
Thanks, PC Gamer.