Overwatch 2 offline Thursday night as Blizzard rolls out fixes

Blizzard Entertainment said it’s taking Overwatch 2The game was taken offline on Thursday night in order to fix the bugs. It launched Tuesday in a very unplayable condition and has continued to be difficult to play ever since. On Thursday, there were two windows. Overwatch 2While bug fixes are made and databases upgraded, servers may be unavailable.

Here’s Blizzard’s expected downtime schedule for Overwatch 2, according to a post on the developer’s official forums:

PDT, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Servers will be down while we’re rolling out a fix to address some bugs related to account merge, login, and the First Time User Experience. Players won’t be able to access the servers during this time.

9:00 – 10:00 p.m. PDT: We’re conducting significant upgrades to our databases to address player queues. Players won’t be able to access the servers during this time.

Blizzard indicated that some players might need to up-date their PCs. Overwatch 2 client to address “reports of crashes and black screen issues.”

Overwatch 2The game was launched on Tuesday and is a significant update to the original. But players faced long waits to access games, disconnects frequently, and their progress did not carry over. Blizzard claimed that players were removed from their games due to a DDoS attack against its servers. Blizzard apologized for the game’s problems in an update on Wednesday evening, telling players that it’s working to address a variety of bugs and performance issues.