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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 01/29/2026 09:40

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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 (25%)

    Online Play (25%)

  3. Game Crash (17%)

    Game Crash (17%)

  4. Glitches (12%)

    Glitches (12%)

  5. Matchmaking (4%)

    Matchmaking (4%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
IndonesiaBengkulu Sign in
FranceMetz Glitches
BrazilItabira Glitches
United StatesBirmingham Sign in
United KingdomBrighton Online Play
United StatesCanton Sign in
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Overwatch Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • OakleyAhr Sir Shmeegithan (@OakleyAhr) reported

    @Blizzard_Ent Why are all the Overwatch characters locked after my account merged? Also why am I hitting 1.3K ping and lagging more consistently than the game can render?

  • jknmike Michael Rodriguez (@jknmike) reported

    @Blizzard_Ent @OverwatchES Guys... what the heck?? This is beyond okay. The reputation of this game is going to get ruined with the constant arising of issues on this scale. Delayed release/launch, DDOS on the day of, and now half, if not more, for most people's roster missing.

  • yeaimblack miles (@yeaimblack) reported

    me when overwatch is broken again

  • caulilash Caulilash (@caulilash) reported

    yooo overwatch my buddy old pal it seems most of my heroes are locked! Fix this please :)

  • HackBubba Bubba Hack (@HackBubba) reported

    @BlizzardCS First migration issues now half the characters are locked so the people most play they cant can we just have overwatch 1 back at this rate?

  • c_oau BryanC (@c_oau) reported

    @PlayOverwatch imagine still having an awfull game where the tanks are still annoying and the main problem just like before. Why not just get rid of heal and tank classes and just give them all 200hp if everyones a DPS at this point? It's actually worse than overwatch 1. congrats

  • thommc18 TankingSUCKS (@thommc18) reported

    Have tried pretty hard to get back into Overwatch with OW2, but it’s damn hard to when it’s impossible to play and @PlayOverwatch don’t respond to a support ticket. Had fun with what little I got to play but outstanding issues have kept me from being able to go back.

  • Virsuzx Virsu (@Virsuzx) reported

    @MonricOW It’s not a sequel but that’s not really a problem it’s just silly, the servers Idek if that’s blizzards fault so not really a problem for overwatch imo, hero changes/5v5 are literally a W, only thing left is BP which is :/ but a necessary evil nowadays fr🤝game is still dogshit

  • ChiseledNAskew ChiseledAndAskew (@ChiseledNAskew) reported

    What ********, @PlayOverwatch ?! I played Overwatch for YEARS on PS4… I upgrade to Overwatch 2 because I have no choice and I lost all cosmetics and half of the heroes are locked. Tell me this is a glitch and it’s not how it’s supposed to be. @Blizzard_Ent

  • murinaOW Murina | OW2!!! (@murinaOW) reported

    all my overwatch 2 heroes are locked now and reloading the game doesnt fix it anymore 😭 i was going to play comp...

  • Tsonchi ⚡Tsonchi⚡ (@Tsonchi) reported

    @PlayOverwatch Bruh how about suddenly I have only 14 characters available to play with and I owned overwatch 1 since 2017 ?? Why do we have to constantly reque for every game mode that isn't QP in a 5 stack?? Fix your **** bruh

  • shatteredswordx coby (they/he) // 📌 kurodai fic (@shatteredswordx) reported

    @BlizzardCS all my characters in overwatch are locked, i had them before. i've relogged multiple times and it doesn't fix the issue

  • WhitemareElmSt 𝔅𝔞𝔶𝔩𝔢𝔫 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔫 (@WhitemareElmSt) reported

    I didn’t put the time and effort into playing my main in Overwatch 1 just to have some **** up company like @Blizzard_Ent to have her locked out. Fix this **** now @PlayOverwatch

  • DuhWolf2 DuhWolf Gaming (@DuhWolf2) reported

    Overwatch 2 or something else, looks like something else... again... More problem with launch. Characters Locked for battle pass and OW1 owners. Can you at least update the customers? #overwatch #playoverwatch #BlizzardEntertainment 🤬

  • hideyourturtles Hide (@hideyourturtles) reported

    @BlizzardCS Fix Overwatch 2. No one cares about these other games I promise you.

  • beckyjkl #1_Edelbert_hater (@beckyjkl) reported

    did anyone else who played overwatch one and linked their account have like half the roster locked, and does anyone know to fix it?

  • ComicallyJosh ComicallyJosh (@ComicallyJosh) reported

    .@BlizzardCS @Blizzard_Ent all of my Overwatch 2 heroes are locked. I’ve tried logging out and back in and they’re still locked. I’m an Overwatch 1 player and everything was fine this morning. When will you guys have a fix for this?

  • Roryecp Rory CP (@Roryecp) reported

    Overwatch 2 🤝 CS:GO Being built on sphaghetti code where one bug fix breaks the entire game

  • peachyflys peachy (@peachyflys) reported

    Overwatch 2 characters got locked again.. FML. fix this ish.

  • titan_wandering WanderingTitan (@titan_wandering) reported

    @BlizzardCS So overwatch 2, I had all characters unlocked and own the battle pass. Now half the roster is locked? Can you let me know how you will fix this?

  • HeatherMasonfan i eat cigarettes (@HeatherMasonfan) reported

    Why are so many characters locked for me on overwatch 2? I owned the first game this is an issue

  • PPJtv Luke (@PPJtv) reported

    The Overwatch 2 glitch that locks all your characters is SO ****** CRINGE

  • Kalt_Hands very sleep (@Kalt_Hands) reported

    @Valcristerra I’m mean the whole thing of locking characters seems stupid to me say one character is just utterly broken and there’s a hero to counter it oh but wait it’s locked oh and it’s locked for people who played Overwatch 1

  • fubbbee heather (@fubbbee) reported

    @BlizzardCS The forums are rampant with issues related to Overwatch 2 and purchases with coins not going through, currency lost, and locked heroes. I understand things have been buggy, and maintenance has been constant, but please address this or an update or statement. :(

  • 0Skyburst0 0Skyburst0 (@0Skyburst0) reported

    @PlayOverwatch Man I wish I could log onto overwatch 1.5 and have all my characters unlocked. ALL THE TIME! FIX YOUR GAME, why did you even launch this unprepared mess? You wiped out the first to replace it with this????

  • Helba_The_AI Helba (@Helba_The_AI) reported

    Dude at this point they should just remove the first time user experience from Overwatch 2 with the amount of problems it has caused

  • Bru8196 Darian 👻🎃 (@Bru8196) reported

    @HetSkinwalker @BigBoyGonkDroid @OWAnonymous_ Worst game mode is overwatch history and yes it is a skill issue

  • MarcosC1676 Marcos Carrillo (@MarcosC1676) reported

    @PlayOverwatch And I'm a founder player so I love overwatch you guys are running around with your heads cut off I rather you take it down and fix it then all your half *** fixes get it right

  • SHINO_DIOR Yoshino Kuroki (@SHINO_DIOR) reported

    @Blizzard_Ent what ******** is this??? i lost access to almost every character, i cant play any of my mains anymore, fix your **** ive been playing overwatch since the ow1 launch and it's really ******* hard to keep putting up with your **** **** *** company

  • MsTeamKK Lauren (@MsTeamKK) reported

    This hero lock glitch for Overwatch IS SOOOO ANNOYING