Blizzard recently clarified they are not banning players just for using single-player cheat codes built into the game, however. The bans are reserved for players installing hack programs that affect both single and multiplayer portions of the game. "There's been some confusion in the last couple of days about the suspensions and bans meted out to players caught cheating in StarCraft II," Blizzard said in a statement given to IGN. "It's important to point out first, that many of the 3rd-party hacks and cheats developed for StarCraft II contain both single and multiplayer functionality.

"In order to protect the integrity of multiplayer competition, we are actively detecting cheat programs used in multiplayer modes whether there are human opponents or not." Blizzard also stated players should refrain from using game hacks and the that company will continue to take cheating very seriously. "That said, players who opt to use any type of 3rd party hacks do so at their own risk -- there are already built-in cheat codes for StarCraft II single-player that can be used safely."