Blizzard says Overwatch 2 servers hit by DDoS attack at launch

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Overwatch 2's highly anticipated early access launch has been mired by a mass DDoS attack. The attack has left players waiting in absurdly long queue times, or not being able to launch into the game at all.

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra said that the team was working on the issues and confirmed that there had been a DDoS attack.

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

A few hours later, Overwatch 2's game director Aaron Keller posted another tweet, in which he said that the team was battling another DDoS attack.

We’re steadily making progress on server issues and stability, as well as working through a second DDoS attack. We’re all hands on deck and will continue to work throughout the night. Thank you for your patience - we’ll share more info as it becomes available.

— Aaron Keller (@aaronkellerOW) October 5, 2022

Blizzard also published a blog post with a list of known issues that the team had been combating. If you are facing any of these problems, hang in there.

Overwatch 2 is a free-to-play shooter for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows.