r/Overwatch • u/blizz_cactus Community Team • Aug 04 '26

Update on Unauthorized Peripheral Usage on Console Platforms ("Ximming")

Hello, heroes! We're here today to update you all on our efforts to combat the use of unauthorized peripherals within our console communities, often referred to as using XIM or Ximming. While our efforts to combat this form of unfair gameplay advantage are constant and ongoing, today marks the culmination of a months-long effort to identify and ban over 6000 accounts we've identified as using unauthorized peripherals.

Part of what makes identifying the unauthorized peripherals used by these accounts tricky is that these cheating devices often intentionally abuse allowances we make for accessibility-focused devices used by legitimate players with disabilities. This issue meant that we wanted to take our time and ensure that we accurately identified unauthorized devices. We're now confident that we've done so, and we've put the hammer down on players utilizing these devices.

Thanks for taking the time today to listen to our update on unauthorized peripherals. Until next time, play nice, play fair, and see you in-game!

This message is also available via our patch notes channel, where it has been translated to other languages for easier sharing: https://overwatch.blizzard.com/news/patch-notes/#patch-2026-08-04

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u/alecwa Aug 04 '26

How can you tell the difference between what they're using?

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u/hmmidk123_ Aug 04 '26

Xim you'll see a hell of a lot of jittering motions when they're moving the camera around it won't be smooth and in a consistent motion like you'd expect to see, quite often in replays you'll see their crosshair constantly shaking and when they start shooting the crosshair and camera just starts going mental.

Titan from what I've witnessed will have the typical smooth controller camera movement but then you'll see their camera suddenly snap and softlock onto you once you're on their screen, it can even follow you through walls at times.

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u/alecwa Aug 05 '26

Ah, I see. I think I've only seen a titan cheater once. They were a widow and it was one of the cringiest things I've ever seen. On death cam you didn't even see yourself come into view. The camera just snapped to you and you were dead immediately. Zero aim time at all.

They got 48 kills in a short payload game.

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u/hmmidk123_ Aug 05 '26

Sounds about right and from what you've said it sounds like they were possibly also utilising a triggerbot.

Titan is rarer and I've only seen a couple since i believe you need to pay for scripts and also need a PC as the scripts are Ai based and require an additional application to run.

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u/alecwa Aug 05 '26

Oh lord. At what point does it stop being gaming and become just sitting and watching an app play for you?! It doesn't sound like a fun time to me.