The launch of Overwatch 2 hasn’t been a simple one for Blizzard, nor has it gone precisely to plan. With a number of DDoS assaults stopping many gamers from logging into the sport on launch day (October 4) and past in addition to heroes being briefly disabled with none discover so as for bugs to be labored on, the sport has seen greater than its fair proportion of hiccups.
Blizzard is now providing gamers double XP, a weapon attraction and a free legendary pores and skin to be able to apologise for Overwatch 2’s unstable launch interval. In a new put up to the sport’s web site, Blizzard acknowledged that it had “run into some issues” and apologised for the mishaps, in addition to guarantees to “consistently” examine points “as they arise” while working rapidly on fixes and “being transparent” with the group on the sport’s standing.
In order to make up for misplaced time within the recreation, Blizzard is providing a number of double XP weekends with the dates to be confirmed quickly. Anyone who logs into the sport between October 25 and the top of season one will obtain a model new Cursed Captain Reaper legendary pores and skin in addition to a well being pack weapon attraction.
To conclude the weblog put up, Blizzard gives some guides on the sport together with find out how to merge accounts, an introduction to the three new heroes, Sojourn, Junker Queen and Kiriko, and a full rationalization of the ins and outs of Overwatch 2 in separate posts.
There have been combined opinions on Overwatch 2 throughout the web because the recreation’s launch final week, however it stays to be seen whether or not this free bundle providing from Blizzard is sufficient to please some upset followers.
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