Overwatch 2 launch marred by ‘massive’ hacker attack

Blizzard’s free-to-play game servers ran into problems in the first few hours.

Yesterday saw the launch of the long-awaited new numbered installment of Overwatch 2. blizzard hero shooter After years of waiting and major changes, the most striking of these is the transformation of the game into a free-to-play business model that allows free access across different platforms.

But it’s no surprise that things don’t go according to plan nowadays, and that’s what happened to Overwatch 2. lots of connection issues that overshadowed the first experience, and now we know, thanks to Blizzard, that it’s all one massive attack on servers.

“Unfortunately we are experiencing a major DDoS attack on our servers. Teams are working hard to mitigate and manage the issue. lots of crashes and connection errors“, Wrote mike ybarraThe head of Blizzard is in a message on his social networks.

Blizzard confirms up to two DDoS attacks on serversOverwatch 2 users became victims due to this attack of unknown origin Queues of more than 40,000 people to enter games Aaron KellerHe commented from Blizzard that the work is making progress in stabilizing the servers, but noted that they are suffering. a second attack night denial of service and will continue to inform us about it.

Despite the issues, the new approach to the game could be the main point of contention in this installment that offers us otherwise. a fun proposal with edits that modernize the formula and consistent upgrade plans. If you want to learn more, we invite you to take a look at the Overwatch 2 analysis by our colleague Mario Gómez.