Blizzard Releases FAQ Ahead Of Overwatch 2 Beta Starting Tomorrow

Overwatch 2 was announced in 2019, and following years of development, the updated hero shooter is headed into its first PvP beta test starting tomorrow. Blizzard Entertainment published a FAQ on the beta to answer all your questions. The FAQ has been scanned by us to find out all of the important information. 

Players who are selected will receive an email at the account address they have linked to their Blizzard account. Those emails will be sent out starting tomorrow morning and will continue to be sent to more participants throughout the day. You will need to have the original Overwatch PC version in order to participate in the Overwatch 2 beta. The PVP beta won’t be held at specific times, so you can play when ever you want. Beta will take place from April 26 through May 17.

How do you know if Blizzard doesn’t send an email? You can still join Overwatch 2 Beta through Twitch drops. If you watch specific Twitch streamers (which Blizzard has listed in the FAQ) for a certain number of hours between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific, you can get an invite to the beta. To be eligible, you must follow the same guidelines as before. Before dedicating any of your time to streaming for the drop, make sure that Overwatch is installed on your PC. If you want to stream this beta, then go ahead! Blizzard doesn’t have streaming restrictions or any video recording restrictions.

The Overwatch 2 PVP Beta will bring some new changes to Overwatch’s gameplay. Matches are played between teams of five, rather than the 6v6 format we have been using for many years. A new hero, Sojourn, is joining the roster, which is already a significant change to the meta, not to mention a couple of other characters, Orisa and Doomfist, are receiving complete mechanical reworks. We have details on those reworks, including Doomfist’s role swap to becoming a Tank, that you can read right here.

These are the specs Blizzard states Overwatch 2 gamers will require to use on PC, if you get an invitation.

Minimum specifications for PC Hardware (targeting 30fps).  

• Operating system: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)  
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8650  
• Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 600 series, AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 series  
• RAM: 6 GB Memory  
• Storage: 50 GB available hard drive space  

PC Hardware Recommended Specifications (targeting 60fps on medium settings):  

• Operating system: Windows® 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)  
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 or AMD Ryzen™ 5  
• Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD R9 380  
• Memory: 8GB RAM  
• Storage: 50 GB available hard drive space 

You can check out the FAQ for more information. It includes a listing of each official Overwatch streamer that you can follow on Twitch and earn a beta release. Overwatch 2, although it doesn’t yet have a specific release date, is showing that the developers are moving in the right direction and will release the game sometime in future.