Overwatch 2 Achievements Are Sabotaging Xbox Players

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Overwatch 2 is suffering from a major bug on Xbox that kicks players out of the game whenever they earn an achievement. Overwatch 2 launched earlier this week, and the game has found itself the center of controversy for a number of reasons. There are those who are upset about Overwatch 2's monetization model, while others are simply frustrated with the ongoing technical problems. Blizzard has made strides in improving the Overwatch 2 experience for players compared to how it was a few days ago, but there are still fixes that need to be made.

Generally speaking, these Overwatch 2 technical problems are impacting players across all platforms. For the first couple of days after the Overwatch 2 launch, the biggest problem was the servers, resulting in long queue times and making it virtually impossible for most fans to get into the game at all. Blizzard has taken Overwatch 2 down for maintenance multiple times since the game's rocky launch, and things seem to have stabilized quite a bit as a result. However, some of the game's problems are platform-specific, like a bug that is sabotaging Xbox players whenever they earn an achievement in the game.

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Numerous Overwatch 2 Xbox players are reporting an issue where earning an achievement in the game results in a disconnect, booting them back to the main screen. Game Rant successfully replicated this bug in our own testing. After getting kicked out of Overwatch 2 for earning an achievement, the game would not allow re-entry until resetting the alternate MAC address on the Xbox console.

For most Overwatch 2 game modes, this isn't a huge deal. It's frustrating for sure, but Overwatch 2 Quick Play and Arcade