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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 01/17/2026 08:25

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (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:

  • MHighlvr ♡Yuki⁷♡ (@MHighlvr) reported

    @svnzuharuchiyo i was hatecrimed on blizzards 2016 team based shooter overwatch yesterday by a trio of low level yt degenerates who said things to me “shut up wh*re” “im going ra**r(reaper) so i can r**e this woman” multiple times and i kicked them multiple times the problem consisted in vc

  • Morckuss 🇯🇲 (@Morckuss) reported

    @SamitoFPS I don't really mind it, lots of positives. I don't think there's too much about current Overwatch that needs to be "preserved", sorta sick of it after 6 years so Im glad they're at least fixing some of the issues

  • PrimeGreen_ PrimeGreen (@PrimeGreen_) reported

    @willcreated Listen I have an overwatch problem and I need play to play with

  • strifeski strife 🇺🇦 (@strifeski) reported

    @playboi_cozy2 @mistakesq a white man denying a proud african american teenager a login for overwatch. disgraceful

  • Aethandria raine (@Aethandria) reported

    @kirbyholic @PlayOverwatch you're right buy a pc and fix ur issues with them making overwatch 2 beta on pc only, game development isn't made on a console

  • banethor Banethor (@banethor) reported

    @dafran @PlayOverwatch This is really a systems issue, unfortunately Overwatch allows this without consequence and also its a money maker as they sell alt accounts

  • madlimit7777 mad ✨ (@madlimit7777) reported

    "We shouldn't have outsourced..." Well, you didn't have any trouble "outsourcing" a shitload of your art from Overwatch, Halo, Star Wars, and invisible friends. Lmao. They were doing you a favor. Get real.

  • griffylovesyou griffith (@griffylovesyou) reported

    @jar_that @pcgamer nah you misunderstand. my problem is people considering overwatch dead when its still played way more than many games that people would by no means consider dead. it had more viewers than rust, dead by daylight, among us, sea of thieves, siege and rocket league at that time

  • AmusedHopps AmusedHopps (@AmusedHopps) reported

    @Tensa_The_Sage I thought it was bad at first but then after looking at overwatch and al the problems with it I feel like this could possibly solve a lot that people dislike about the game, double shield is extremely annoying and to not have to worry about that I feel will create better metas

  • jhouchin94 Jake Houchin (@jhouchin94) reported

    @XboxSupport why is it so difficult to get help through the website. All I want to do is play #overwatch. Keep getting a error of 0x800705b4 I can’t find anything on it

  • fozz2turnt fozz | DV (@fozz2turnt) reported

    i was playing overwatch and both times my pc literally crashed. how do i fix this?

  • itsgagaxcx GAGA XCX 🚕💅 (@itsgagaxcx) reported

    @overwatch **** your poor game fix your servers💩

  • JaEplaYz_ ~𝓑𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓶~ (@JaEplaYz_) reported

    @HoshizoraOW HOSHII WHY DID YOU LEAK THIS SUSPICIOUS OVERWATCH 2 CONTENT?? YOUR GONNA GET IN REALLY BAD TROUBLE!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

  • SmokeKaon Joey (@SmokeKaon) reported

    @SamitoFPS I was, but I'm not anymore. It won't fix most issues, it will fix queue time in the short term, but supports will probably be the next role on the chopping block. I feel like what made Overwatch unique is fading away.

  • Ianous_Gaming Ianous (@Ianous_Gaming) reported

    @SamitoFPS It’s like when they made role queue to kill goats - a cheap solution to the problem. The true issue isn’t the 6v6 formula, it’s the individual hero balance decisions and neglect of the devs. Killing 6v6 will drastically change the game and kill what made overwatch unique.

  • StagnBlaeberry Lewis (@StagnBlaeberry) reported

    @Arxareon Blizzards issue is they announced all these things far too early and I can guarantee it is because of the reception they got from people over Immortal and the fact Overwatch is basically a dead IP currently.

  • ralcro23 the toast of kiev (@ralcro23) reported

    @xenobIade3 having trouble adjusting a core part of the gameplay so just removing it is like overwatch levels of bad balancing

  • cabbagebrains lys0l (tired) (@cabbagebrains) reported

    if they'd have just made overwatch an unreal tournament 2004 mod we wouldn't have any of these problems

  • Tensa_The_Sage Tensa (@Tensa_The_Sage) reported

    @SFSEgo This goes back to my original statement. They’ve broken a key part of what made Overwatch unique. The exclusion of another player/tank in the attempts of what? Balance? Different direction? Why couldn’t they have done that in the past 2 years with updating their game?

  • LeaksOverwatch Overwatch News & Leaks | Overwatch 2 (@LeaksOverwatch) reported

    Overwatch League has trouble getting new sponsors. Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s and State Farm paused/canceled their contracts. Therefore the Overwatch 2 e-sports scene could be much less relevant than the Overwatch 1 already is. This is a big problem for Overwatch 2 and the franchise.

  • Solyant1 Solyant (@Solyant1) reported

    @SellingLobbies @GameSpot Well, it’s true that Sony as a company doesn’t own a „live service“ game … maybe GT7 kinda… But still there are plenty of them playable on the PlayStation. Warframe, Destiny 2, GTA, Red Dead Redemption 2, Overwatch. Yadda yadda yadda. Not exclusive, but still.

  • Idawmnz Dawn 🇺🇦 (@Idawmnz) reported

    @bbnorico Your first problem was playing overwatch in 2022

  • segadungeon { d r e g a } resurrection (@segadungeon) reported

    @cabbagebrains if we just went back to ut2k4 instead of playing overwatch we wouldn't have any problems

  • StressedDev Stressed Developer (@StressedDev) reported

    @technige That's an interesting angle to look at it. But it also opens up a new issue: should private individuals have the power to impose sanctions with this kind of massive impact? Don't we need overwatch systems in place? Otherwise it becomes very authoritarian in my opinion.

  • Picarat Gregory Thomas (@Picarat) reported

    @SamitoFPS No. Overwatches real problem isn't double shied or Brig, it's an Uneducated Player Base. Removing a tank just exasperates this problem.

  • Womenlover420 Womenlover (@Womenlover420) reported

    @shiftfish2 Not in order just some I like 1 the OR15 defense robots from overwatch 2 the police robots from chappie 3 the giant robot from astroboy that they clean and fix up 4 the sentrybots from fallout 4 5 the Deebees from gears of war

  • acorncrossingg Angela🍂🐿 (@acorncrossingg) reported

    Just got attacked by this couple in Overwatch! I was literally minding my own business during this argument they were having with the tank and then suddenly they started attacking me! The problem was mercy was hard pocketing her bf, who was doing very good(1/2)

  • lux_fps lux 🌻 (@lux_fps) reported

    @Putter_OW maybe they’ll fix it with overwatch 2

  • keyguardian9475 Keyguardian9475 (THE BOY GOT IN) (@keyguardian9475) reported

    @HMKilla @KINGDOMHEARTS With the #NintendoSwitchOLED it would have no issues running with a few tweeks it could work if overwatch and bioshock and the witcher 3 and doom can run there's no excuse for kh

  • gedster49 gedster (@gedster49) reported

    @jellyfish_val I think that it'll eventually run into heavy problems with Power Creep and possibly go down the same route Overwatch did, continuing to release characters that make launch reps obsolete (See Phoenix) but I also have a lot more faith in Riot than I do Blizzard in that regard.