Video gamers who cheat while playing online will face five years in prison under a new law passed in South Korea.

An amendment to a bill promoting the gaming industry is aimed at targeting those attempting to gain an unfair advantage playing on the internet.

Anyone caught breaking the law which is backing manufacturers and programme makers will face a jail sentence of up to five years or 50million KRW ($43,000).

Anyone trying to hack games, like ShootMania Storm (pictured) would face the punishment

The passing of the law in South Korea is aimed at backing the game manufacturers like giants Sony who produce the PlayStation

South Korean game bosses have banned streams of people from playing Overwatch (pictured) after being caught cheating

The South Korean parliament passed the new bill making it directly illegal to breach gaming companies' terms of service.

Anyone trying to hack the games, tap into its scripts and aimbots would be susceptible to the punishment, according to PVP Live.

An aimbotter is someone who has hacked into a software tool used in first person shooting games that allow the player to shoot enemies without having to aim their weapon.

In computer programming, scripts are programmes or sequences of instructions interpreted or carried out by another program rather than by the computer processor or the gamer themselves.

These problems have been rife among those playing Overwatch and game bosses in South Korea banned streams of gamers, according to PVP Live.