The fact that a large multiplayer title comes up with long waiting times and connection problems at the start should really no longer surprise anyone. The extremely high influx of curious players almost inevitably forces the servers to their knees. But with Overwatch 2 there is currently a massive DDoS attack, as the developers state.
In this article we will keep you up to date on how the situation is developing and will let you know as soon as there is a light at the end of the queue.
Overwatch 2: Current Server Situation
Waiting period: We don’t have any queues in the morning hours of October 5th, at least in the European server region. On the release night, on the other hand, it looked like this:
Connection problems and crashes: Numerous players complain about disconnections or game crashes after fighting through the queue. You can’t do anything about the “Connection lost” or “Server Error” error messages at the moment, except wait: According to Blizzard President Mike Ybarra, the main reason for this is a DDoS attack on Overwatch 2.
The development teams are currently working feverishly to get the problem under control, he writes on Twitter:
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Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller states that one gradually progress in the fight against the attackers achieve Work through the night to bring the situation under control:
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Bugs: In the GameStar forum, some of you are reporting that certain heroes are not unlocked in Overwatch 2 even though you own them in Overwatch. Our freelance author Mathias Diedrich is also affected. We suspect a connection to the current server problems and will let you know as soon as Blizzard comments on this error. So don’t buy the Battle Pass immediately if you already unlocked the content in the previous version.
It is currently not known who is responsible for the DDoS attack. At least there is no information about it.
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Are you also currently experiencing connection issues with Overwatch 2? Have you managed to get into the game – and if so, was the connection stable? Feel free to write it in the comments.
