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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 01/19/2026 16:20

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (42%)

    Sign in (42%)

  2. Online Play (29%)

    Online Play (29%)

  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 StatesChaska Online Play
United StatesSalt Lake City Online Play
United StatesRiverside Sign in
United StatesGresham Online Play
BrazilCaucaia Glitches
United StatesOrlando Game Crash
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Overwatch Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • nib95_ NIB (@nib95_) reported

    @N0NZILLA @DestinLegarie They arent being hypocritical tho, as scope of Acti +poss IP exclusivity unprecedented +orders of magnitude beyond industry standard/anything prior. Not just COD mind you, Overwatch, Diablo, Warcraft, Doom, Crash, Spyro etc. Hell, Acti in FY2021 made more profit than PlayStation!

  • AngelFable 🌼🌻AngelFable🌻🌼 (@AngelFable) reported

    Overwatch 2 is broken IF - not everyone has karaoke on Busan - you still can’t put a spray outside attacker third spawn on Junkertown - ganymede doesn’t get a hat on at least one bastion skin

  • buildknuckle That Keepsake Clover...🍀🐈🌊 (@buildknuckle) reported

    @BombosMedallion They're shutting the servers down two days before 2 even comes out. There will be a whole day where *nobody* can play Overwatch.

  • Hoopahoa Luke (@Hoopahoa) reported

    @NNicx458 @bendednikes @1exi Again, updates and expansions are content. I bought Overwatch in 2016 and got 3 years of live service with regular additions of heroes, maps, and gamemodes all at no costs beyond what I bought the game for

  • Hexcraft_Gaming Hexcraft Gaming (@Hexcraft_Gaming) reported

    The only real problem I have with Overwatch 2 right now is it seems credits are staying as is and they are adding a 4th currency instead of just changing credits

  • sonephobic mimu (@sonephobic) reported

    @OverwatchNaeri i have a question, i have overwatch bought on a secondary account and not the main one i play on ps (i had problems with the store on my main years ago) will i get the perks of playing overwatch 1 on overwatch 2 on the account that bought the game, or my main one for playing it?

  • nib95_ NIB (@nib95_) reported

    @IngameHector @JezCorden @CMAgovUK How it could be bad for gaming industry? Giving anti-competitive prev multiplat IP edge unprecedented in industry. COD among biggest IP avail w pred playerbase on PS, enough for huge marketshare impact +sub future. Other IP too; Warcraft, Crash, Diablo, Doom, Overwatch, Spyro etc

  • HelixHawk HelixHawk (@HelixHawk) reported

    @RvrsOnTwitch @BungieHelp Yes every game has issues. Of course. But not like this. How often do whole operators in R6 get disabled? Or hero’s in Overwatch? Or weapons in CoD? Minor issues and bugs are expected. A major issue here and there is fine. But we have multiple exotics disabled every season.

  • its_kyle256 Kyle (@its_kyle256) reported

    @pcgamer Unless they make changes to the car crash of a battle pass, I guess I won't be playing any overwatch after the 2nd.

  • Brilliam314 Jabril Ishmael (@Brilliam314) reported

    @Mr_InfernoGamez @Logmey92 Which ip in particular are they abandoning? Overwatch 2 is coming no? Diablo IV? There was just a Crash Bandicoot 4 and Crash Team Racing game no? They still have their pc oriented titles like WOW and Hearthstone no?

  • ntcquinn_ow NTC Overwatch💙☮️ (@ntcquinn_ow) reported

    Nothing good comes out of leaks, and nothing good comes out of harassing journalists, but clearly the Overwatch community takes issue with people doing their jobs in a healthy manner.

  • blairnilsson Blair Nilsson (@blairnilsson) reported

    @mizliz_ The Overwatch team not communicating earlier make it so we get leakers. So, there is a source to where the problem is.

  • iisadvs iisa (@iisadvs) reported

    sorry for not streaming like ever, ive been playing overwatch when im not working/doing school, and it doesnt work on streams :/

  • tavetorres Tave (@tavetorres) reported

    @YourOverwatchYT What you mean to say is that while other games reward the players that buy the battle pass and then play a lot, helping maintain the service alive, Overwatch is gonna ask people to continue to pay to enjoy the game no matter how much time they spend on it.

  • RomanticCancell Ehsan with birthday (@RomanticCancell) reported

    @1TheStickman1 @Linktm They say it is to make comps more balanced and I scream that Overwatch was meant as a casual team shooter where balance wasn't that big of an issue. Now it's just a dry 5v5 with little distinction. Removing May's freeze made me go, "Okay so they're not super unique anymore."

  • ChaneIFPS Chanel (@ChaneIFPS) reported

    @1exi Overwatch is a game about switching, idc if there are onetricks or whatever and I wont have the problem to unlock every hero bc I have no life and play it all day, but there are people who only play sometimes and cant get every hero, Overwatch was the game where you got 1/2

  • meatgirI 🥩 meatgiri 🥩 INPRNT‼️ (@meatgirI) reported

    @spikermonster me looking back on my overwatch years and the genuinely humiliating gambling problem i had developed in that time……………..

  • FlipSide208 FlipSide (@FlipSide208) reported

    @Custa I'm just gonna be happy if they succeed at the live service aspect. There is no going back to that 2016 -2018 Overwatch, but getting that live service off the ground will give us a great game.

  • CrystalKaiju Flare Grunt Kaiju (@CrystalKaiju) reported

    So Blizzard lied (again) and they're actually shutting the Overwatch servers down?? Bruh.

  • Waniou Waniou (@Waniou) reported

    @Potatoman_023 @Custa This is true but what happens if I get busy for an extended period of time and don't have time to play Overwatch enough to get enough coins or whatever to unlock battle passes? Suddenly I'm missing heroes or I'm playing catch-up. Same issues for new players years down the track

  • JomoOfTheKin Jomo the Accursed(?) (Commissions Full!!!) (@JomoOfTheKin) reported

    What do you mean you have to unlock new Overwatch 2 heros via a battle pass? Not that I intended on playing but, holy ****. They have to be intentionally trying to make the game crash and burn at this point.

  • Roroxzy 🐈‍⬛ (@Roroxzy) reported

    Hopefully they'll finally fix the voice chat glitch in overwatch 2 😳 because wtf

  • GearDread DreadGear (@GearDread) reported

    @Ultradeej the difference is that there are no locked new heroes in dota. Overwatch is a game designed around counter picking. So what happens if you release a new hero which by "accident" happens to be broken. Tough luck, better not be poor next time

  • ChumsKnifeblade Chums @ Home | ACAB (@ChumsKnifeblade) reported

    @elusivezombie playing service games is support as it shows their game is still active and to get funding, even if you got overwatch for free

  • CinderedSin2 Gen 5 Enthusiast | Ringo Brainrot 🇲🇽 (@CinderedSin2) reported

    @SuuBrainrot @unspeakableFOOL @DiabloTraeluzVT The Japanese samurai characters in Guilty Gear are a amputee Japanese woman with anger issues and a samurai vampire If this was Overwatch they would both "uwu get no *******" *** designs

  • MissRun0 Miss (≧▽≦) | let me punch you (@MissRun0) reported

    wtf I just saw the new hero in overwatch...isn't it a little... broken?

  • Alpharius_lives Alpharius (@Alpharius_lives) reported

    @DiceyJune Overwatch is just an issue from top to bottom, the only thing they ever had was polish on assets.

  • KyrieAPage Kyrie @ 🛌💤 (@KyrieAPage) reported

    @burgeroise Which ALSO Overwatch the esport is a spectator, player, and design nightmare Blizzard walked into thinking they could solve the problem with money.

  • ShujoBoi Shujo (@ShujoBoi) reported

    @dev1sing @RianneTV @KarQGames Overwatch 2 does not nearly require counter picking and swapping in the same way Overwatch 1 did. Some characters are stronger and weaker against each other, but in practice it’s never TRULY been the case that “just switch 4head” ever solved the problem except for like, Brig

  • BackupSio Sio but I got caught :( (@BackupSio) reported

    @confusionkys Overwatch contenders having a major problem vs the highest level of valorant competition having an arguably even more comical and stupid problem