Blizzard trying to crack down on Overwatch porn - CNET

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Blizzard's team-based multiplayer first-person shooter Overwatch was released last week to widespread acclaim. However, as Rule34 of the inteet states, "If it exists, there is po of it," and Overwatch is no exception. Since the game's beta went live on May 5, Pohub searches for Overwatch increased by 800 percent.

What is an exception is that Blizzard is issuing takedown notices. As reported by PCGamesN, a po creator took to the Overwatch subreddit to complain about DMCA takedowns, comparing it to Blizzard taking down fan art.

While Blizzard has been known to have a liberal policy toward fan videos, allowing assets from its games to be used in free fan content such as machinima, it does have very clear guidelines. One of these states, "To maintain and protect the image of our games, Blizzard also requires that Productions maintain the 'T' rating that has been given to its products by the ESRB."

Blizzard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.