Blizzard’s long-awaited Overwatch 2 arrived this week, but the launch didn’t exactly go to plan.
However, “the launch has not met your, or our, expectations,” it said.
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We expected the launch of Overwatch 2 to go smoothly.
“We have made the decision to remove phone number requirements for a majority of existing Overwatch players.
“We are working to make this change and expect it to go live on Friday, October 7.
We will update players once it is in effect.”
Accounts not connected to Battle.net and new accounts must still provide a phone number.
This process is usually invisible to players, but was being seen in real time,” Blizzard said.
“We’re continuing to add nodes to ease the pressure on the player database.
The good news is that no items or progress has been lost.
Blizzard said this issue comes from players not completing theiraccount mergeprocess.
Another factor is that items are taking time to populate from the original Overwatch to Overwatch 2.
“In all cases, no player data has been wiped or lost.
Players canopen a support ticketif they are still experiencing problems.
We have not suffered any further attacks,” Blizzard said.
The Overwatch 1 servers wereshut downon October 2 to prepare for the sequel’s launch.
“However, as a separate entity and sequel, it stumbles.”
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