Overwatch 2 has launched and has been hit by a number issues including a massive DDoS attack. “Teams are working hard to mitigate/manage. This is causing a lot of drop/connection issues,” tweeted the President of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Ybarra.
Unfortunately we are experiencing a mass DDoS attack on our servers. Teams are working hard to mitigate/manage. This is causing a lot of drop/connection issues. https://t.co/4GwrfHEiBE
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 4, 2022
Those who did manage to get to the game have found they were placed in a queuing system before getting to play with some queues reaching over 30,000 players. Additionally, some players who merged their PC and console accounts are getting an “Unexpected Server Error” message and cannot access the game.
If you do manage to play then you may want to check through the launch day patch notes which are below.
ERO UPDATES
- Added Sojourn, Kiriko, and Junker Queen – Check out our heroes, new and old on the heroes page
- Added Role Passives for Tank, Damage, and Support heroes
- 1000s of new voice lines and improved narrative reactivity across all heroes
- With over 44,000 lines of dialog, you’ll always be hearing something new
- Revamped combat sound design for all heroes
- Updated skins and VFX for all heroes
FEATURE UPDATES
- Accessibility Features
- Battle Pass starting with Season One
- Updated Competitive mode
- Cross-Progression
- First Time User Experience
- New 5v5 core game mode format
- New Challenge System
- New Cosmetic Types: Charms, Name Cards, Souvenirs, Titles, New Skin Tier – Mythic – Cyber Genji
- New History tab in Profile including Game Reports
- New in-game currency – Overwatch Coins
- New Push core game mode
- Ping System
- Shop 2.0
- Six New Maps – New Queen Street, Circuit Royal, Midtown, Colosseo, Esperança, Paraíso, and many existing maps received new daytime and nighttime variants
- SMS Protect
- Updated Endorsement System
- If you want to check out more information on some of these features visit the news page
DELAYED FEATURES
- OWL Hub will not be ready at launch
- Workshop creation and editing will not be ready at launch
MOVED FEATURES
- Highlights can now be found in the History tab of your Career Profile
- Role Queue is removed for all game modes except for Quick Play – Role Queue
- Patch Notes moved from the Main Menu to the Pause Menu
RETIRED FEATURES
- Assault maps have been removed from rotation in all playlists (can be found in Custom Game)
- General Chat has been removed
- Looking For Group has been removed
- Loot Boxes have been removed
- Player Levels are retired (can view your prior level in your Profile)
ENGINEERING CHANGES AND UPDATES
- 3D audio systems across all platforms
- Dynamic render-scale support for PC
- HDR added for PC, Xbox Series X, and PS5
- Raised max frames to 600 fps
Source: Twitter
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Has anybody claimed responsibility for this alleged DDOS attack yet? Because if it was actually such an attack, someone would have. Have they confused “lots of people wanting to play a popular game that just went free to play all trying to connect at once” with a deliberate attack?