Blizzard to take Overwatch 2 offline again

After users faced various issues with the newly released Overwatch 2, Blizzard has announced that it will taking the game servers offline to fix the problems.

The downtime is expected to last an hour and will be the third in two days that the company has had to take down the game to fix issues.

In a post, the company provided details about the errors that will be fixed in the game along with a few updates.

The update will fix the Watchpoint Packs which did not seem to be appearing as available for players who preordered them, along with the LC-208 error which prevented players from logging in.

This Friday, Blizzard changed its policy around SMS Protect phone number verification. The company addressed the wait time issues between matches for players, saying that “we are changing configurations within this system today and hope to somewhat shorten that wait throughout the day,”

Blizzard optimistically stated that the new updates and fixes “resulted in a quadrupling of our capacity and an eventual reduction in login queues overnight,” and it will continue to monitor the game.