DDoS attack disrupted Overwatch 2 premiere and caused queues of 30,000 users

Yesterday, October 4, 2022, Overwatch 2 was released, perhaps the most play Most anticipated this year. Nonetheless, the launch of this video game was anything but quiet. Long queues of players and DDoS attacks (and finally there was a second one) are just some of the problems Overwatch 2 faced last night.

After the launch of Overwatch 2, there were many players who wanted to play it, were happy to try it, as well as new heroes, soon after they began to report that they got stuck on the loading screen and got one error after another.

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra around 22:00 tweeted that the game had problems with the servers and that the company’s teams have been working hard to fix it.

However, in a subsequent tweet, just half an hour later, the executive admitted that the game was “test massive DDoS attack“ on their servers that caused downtime and connection issues.

Unfortunately, we are seeing a massive DDoS attack on our servers. Teams are hard at work on mitigation/management. This causes a lot of drop/connect issues. https://t.co/4GwrfHEiBE

— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 4, 2022

DDoS attack leaves queues of up to 30,000 people at Overwatch 2 launch

DDoS attacks happen when requests overload servers, preventing them from working properly. And the fact is that this attack prevented players from connecting to games or even entering the game.

We are talking about queues up to 30,000 people, which, if you think positively, implies a huge desire for people to try the game. Those who waited were, of course, not so happy.

However, in addition to mitigating a DDoS attack, it seems that Blizzard also has a few bugs to fix that were discovered during launch.. Among them are the disappearance of items and coins from the collections of players, blank sections, some inaccessible areas, or actions that cause certain errors.

In a recent tweet, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller said that Blizzard will be working all night to fix the server issues and the second DDoS attack that happened.

Looks like it’s taking effect as this new free-to-play shooter for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S There is currently no queue.