Overwatch 2 servers down for login and queue maintenance

Monitor 2 Almost launched so far with DDOS attacks and long login queues negatively impacting the experience Note and watch A sequel, but Blizzard has a plan to solve some of these issues with an update. Unfortunately, this means that servers must be removed for maintenance in order for these fixes to be applied. Blizzard said the plan is to take things offline around 3 p.m. PT with the expectation that servers will remain offline for the next three hours.

Those who were trying to play Monitor 2 Since it launched earlier in the week, it will laugh that the servers weren’t working anyway, but they will already be completely offline during this maintenance period. Monitor 2 Community Manager Jodi posted about the planned downtime on the game’s forums to give an idea of ​​when things will break and when they will be back up and running.

“Servers will be down while a fix is ​​being rolled out to address some bugs related to account integration, login and first time user experience,” the post In the forums said. “Players will not be able to access the servers during this time.”

This is scheduled for 3-4 PM PT, after which Blizzard will “make significant upgrades” to address player queues which will keep servers offline. This will run from 6-9PM PT, according to the forums, but it’s worth noting that the tweet offers a slightly different time frame and notes that the downtime will last until 6PM PT. For those who imagine themselves playing Monitor 2 Tonight, you can check ahead of time to see if things are back to the way they were or not, but plan to disable them for longer just in case.

There are a number of fixes being rolled out today to address many of the issues players encounter when logging in and queuing. This will take # Overwatch 2 Offline at the following times:

3 PM Pacific Time, Estimated 1 Hour
About 6 PM Pacific Time, estimated at 3 hours

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Since the game’s launch, server issues have been the only one problem the game has encountered. Another was the fact that the phone number requirement that excludes prepaid phones prevents some people from playing the game. Blizzard has responded to discussion about the launch as well as phone issues specifically and plans to partially reverse that decision.

Monitor 2 The servers will be offline soon for a long time, so plan to recheck later this evening to see when (and if) they’re online.