Overwatch 2 Launch Time Confirmed
Blizzard has confirmed the Overwatch 2 release date, letting fans know the exact time they can expect to jump into the game and play come the October 4 early access launch date. Overwatch 2 is set to make major changes to Blizzard's hero-shooter game, chief among these being a shift to a free-to-play monetization model and dropping the number of players on any given team from six to five. Overwatch 2 is completely replacing the existing Overwatch experience when it launches on October 4, preceded by some downtime.
It's previously been confirmed that the last full day to play Overwatch 1 will be October 2. The servers will then go down on October 3, but they will be brought back up on October 4 with the early access launch of Overwatch 2. While some may have been hoping for a midnight launch or something along those lines, Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch fans will have to wait until the afternoon to play the sequel.
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Blizzard has confirmed that the Overwatch 2 servers will go online starting October 4 at 12pm PT. At that point, fans of the hero-shooter should be able to log in and check out everything the sequel has to offer, from new Push maps to the three new heroes. Of course, that's assuming that there are no technical issues with launch that push the launch time back.
Prior to the Overwatch 2 launch, there are steps that fans can take to make sure their accounts are ready to go come October 4 at 12pm PT. There are two things specifically that they will want to do. One is adding SMS protection to their Battle.net account. As recently announced by Blizzard, Overwatch 2 requires a valid phone number to play, and this means everyone's Battle.net account needs to
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