Of course, it will likely be many years before it reaches that ending, with plenty of segues along the way. It sounds like the sequel’s story won’t simply spiral outward to justify the release of new content, but has been meticulously planned to drift towards a final conclusion. The launch of additional story content that iterates upon ever-expanding lore is par for the course with live service games, but Overwatch 2 looks more restrained. Otherwise, I hope you've practiced your mouse dexterity, because everyone is going to try to lock in the new heroes before you.(Image credit: Blizzard) A change of paceīlizzard’s approach to Overwatch 2’s co-op campaign is surprising. Blizzard hasn't said if there's a change to this rule coming yet, which is a huge bummer for those who can't get their numbers to work. Cricket and other prepaid phone users have reported that their numbers don't work and thus they won't be able to play the game. Blizzard has a blog post about how to add SMS Protection to your account and it also explains how to merge your Overwatch accounts into one so that cross-progression is enabled. Overwatch 2 also requires a phone number tied to your account to enable SMS verification. They will also have to unlock most of the original game's roster of heroes by completing around 100 games. Non-Overwatch 1 owners who log in during the first season will get Sojourn and Junker Queen for free too.

If you owned the first Overwatch, you can log in before the end of season two and receive a Founder's Pack that lets you unlock Sojourn, Junker Queen, and Kiriko immediately. Blizzard is aware of the 'Unexpected Server Error' message and plans to update players on server status soon.

Overwatch 2 has also launched globally on PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch.Īs of launch time, players are experiencing very long queues to get in game. You can now download the 50GB game in your launcher.

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