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Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released in May 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Overwatch Outage Chart 01/16/2026 12:25

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Overwatch users through our website.

  1. Sign in (43%)

    Sign in (43%)

  2. Online Play (28%)

    Online Play (28%)

  3. Game Crash (15%)

    Game Crash (15%)

  4. Glitches (9%)

    Glitches (9%)

  5. Matchmaking (5%)

    Matchmaking (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Overwatch outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesSalt Lake City Online Play
United StatesRiverside Sign in
United StatesGresham Online Play
BrazilCaucaia Glitches
United StatesOrlando Game Crash
AustraliaSydney Game Crash
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Overwatch Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • rycoux Ryan Cousart (@rycoux) reported

    Getting a login loop on Overwatch 2 TT_TT I just want to play, please, it's been 3 days

  • LastNyamurai Nyamurai ~ Splatfest Team Fire-Type! (@LastNyamurai) reported

    In my opinion Splatoon 3 has the most unfun Ranked Gameplay. Overwatch, Apex, any game is more fun to grind ranked in than Splatoon ever was. i dont have fun playing a trash mode (clam) against 4x the same weapon cuz theres always 1 weapon thats super broken and if your Team (1)

  • Skwerley0 Skwerley for Congress (@Skwerley0) reported

    Overwatch 2 suffers from one of the problems in overwatch 1 which is ****** HEAL ME DUDE YOU'RE A HEALER AND IM A TANK STOP TRYING TO GET THE KILL AND HEAL ME THERES LITERALLY NOBODY ELSE AROUND

  • whimzywastaken Spooky WhimZy (@whimzywastaken) reported

    @Haider83207270 @OWAnonymous_ The issue is that tanks would die too easy in Overwatch 1, they buffed tanks now. Luckily there's only 1 so there's a greater responsibility on one player to properly initiate fights

  • Kilen272 Spider-Man addict (@Kilen272) reported

    @ACMEofficial2 @Smol_saki @Dexerto Overwatch 2 is free, but the real problem is that they nuked OG Overwatch. Took me about an hour and a half to get into the game the day after it launched.

  • Fin3Is Dis-is-Fin3 (@Fin3Is) reported

    can someone explain how ******** I can get into overwatch 2 bc it says error code lc 208 everytime I try I google the ******* answer and I do wjhat it tells me to and it doesn't ******* work. like god damn @Blizzard_Ent fix your ******* game.

  • mokeystl WECTOR GOD 🎭💣💨 (@mokeystl) reported

    holy **** i thought blizzard fixed the toxicity problem in overwatch i guess not

  • Geg0_0 Geg2 (@Geg0_0) reported

    @PlayOverwatch Overwatch 2's UI is really bad, especially the game select menu. It hurts my eyes to look at the colors compared to OW1's beautiful UI. Pls fix

  • KarnicsTwitch Karnics (@KarnicsTwitch) reported

    i love how i cant get into overwatch 2 on my MAIN ACCOUNT FROM 2016 but i can login on my alt and play just fine

  • uhnotherone Notto (@uhnotherone) reported

    Overwatch 2 fixed the game launch queue time, but now you wait 10+ minutes while flexing in quickplay. Nice fix guys.

  • Octoman23 Octoman (@Octoman23) reported

    Is overwatch 2 still having issues? I havent seen anything online and my internet is fine but I keep randomly getting kicked from my matches

  • czlx_321 Scotch Finger (@czlx_321) reported

    @PlayOverwatch After the removal of SMS protect I tried to use this battlenet that has overwatch 1 to login. It wasn’t working. I tried to login it would tried to login to the game but kicked me out and ask me to enter email and password again and again.

  • ChrisOfPentacle 🎃𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔶 𝔖𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔯𝔢🎃 (@ChrisOfPentacle) reported

    top that off with a terrible launch that is blamed on a “ddos attack” 🙄 we’ll be generous and say that’s actually the case. Bottom line. The game is just as borderline unplayable as Overwatch 1, but somehow worse

  • PorkZilla21 PorkZilla (@PorkZilla21) reported

    @BlizzardCS I can’t sign in to overwatch 2 it keeps asking for a login in so I login then it keeps asking for a login after I’ve already logged in can I get some help

  • aedromar Aedromar (@aedromar) reported

    Okay so did overwatch move the servers or something ? Now the best ping I can get is 150ms I cam never dream of 90ms again wich means with my regular lag ill always be at 250+ if this doesn't change in the next weeks I don't think I'll be playing overwatch anymore GG

  • Lumity4Life1985 Lumity4Life (@Lumity4Life1985) reported

    Uh is Overwatch 2 still under DDOS attacks or what...

  • ShhIAmRyanBlue Ryan (@ShhIAmRyanBlue) reported

    Blizzard’s fix for the Overwatch 2 login queue times was *drumroll* to make the queue times for each game take 15 minutes 😎

  • GTElephant CrashT (@GTElephant) reported

    Is Overwatch 2 a game I think you should play right now? Eh, it can be a lot of fun when you can get into the game and when the matchmaking doesn’t take forever for no apparent reason and it doesn’t lag during matches and the menus don’t break and the challenges update correctly.

  • tonofloresXCV Antonio Flores 🇻🇦 (@tonofloresXCV) reported

    @SunnyPikmin @nappystreams @OverwatchCaval I'm not having a problem with Overwatch 2.

  • todd_conlin Robert Todd Conlin III (@todd_conlin) reported

    @Blizzard_Ent fix ur overwatch 2 game, Zarya on total mayham u can't not kill at all Who entire thing is just sit on payload and just spamming her shield either u need to remove her from the game mode or increase just her ability

  • TheRealJayCee__ Nick Cannon vasectomy doctor (@TheRealJayCee__) reported

    I'm trying to play overwatch 2 and it's not working !!!! 😩😩

  • erikholgs erik holgs (@erikholgs) reported

    @PlayOverwatch can you fix the overwatch 2 watchpoint pack for ps5, i haven’t gotten mine for some reason and no coins either. nothing and i purchased it so many months prior to the beta

  • RMACaptain Rey Honesty 👑 (@RMACaptain) reported

    @MyGuyRedd @PlayOverwatch I mean whatever the problem is, it's about them. I've been playing Overwatch 1 for years with no problems. Thanks

  • BlimpChief Big Butt Blimp (@BlimpChief) reported

    I do not always like games with automatic character shoutouts on death or kill. It's like the problem I have with Dota 2. Overwatch 2 has it but man these characters all talk a LOT in a warzone. @~@

  • AshleySlashly AAH!Shley 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@AshleySlashly) reported

    Okay is there a fix to make the aim on console NOT **** for overwatch 2, idk how to describe it but it literally just feels *worse*

  • czlx_321 Scotch Finger (@czlx_321) reported

    @PlayOverwatch After the removal of SMS protect I tried to use this battlenet that has overwatch 1 to login. It wasn’t working. I tried to login it would tried to login to the game but kicked me out and ask me to enter email and password again and again.

  • LokiXV Loki (@LokiXV) reported

    @BlizzardCS I’m not sure if this is a me issue or a game issue, but my game keeps lag spiking. This doesn’t happen to me and it happens at least 3 times in a game. My internet is fine, is there a reason why my Overwatch 2 is lag spiking?

  • SteveJmz Steve James (@SteveJmz) reported

    Save yourself the trouble of playing Overwatch by simply attending a firework display

  • Steppenwolf_AN Sonobitches (@Steppenwolf_AN) reported

    How is Overwatch 2 already dead?? We queued for 15-30 minutes to play a 10 minute game. They fix the servers and it’s dead the next day? Should’ve kept the Lootboxes, honestly

  • Vintrenza ben (@Vintrenza) reported

    @PlayOverwatch why couldn’t you have just left overwatch 1 alone while you fix your garbage “game”