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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 01/18/2026 08:20

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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

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  • AlmostTooQuiet 30 oz McDonald's® Cherry Limeade (@AlmostTooQuiet) reported

    i love having an actual functioning pc because i am running xd, indesign, photoshop, blizzard app, overwatch and 17 chrome tabs with ZERO lag...previous pc crashed opening photoshop only....

  • bloo_cobalt Cobalt Bloo (@bloo_cobalt) reported

    I'm trying to setup the Overwatch 2 beta but I'm having a few issues, so I'm going to figure it out for a bit before we start tonight.

  • Flailmorpho_ Alicia 🔞 Demon Goddess of Lust (@Flailmorpho_) reported

    Had sudden flashbacks to Hanzo Overwatch where I would literally just get bored and change classes because his arrows let me just kill everyone no problem at any range No idea why blizzard ever thought he was a good idea that man broke the game

  • PajamaPajamaPa2 Nate'sPajamas (@PajamaPajamaPa2) reported

    @WightDwight @NateDawgBrony01 @DAWGTHISUMBRA This is also ignoring the shakeup that removing a Tank actually is towards making the game far more engaging for casual players, a key issue given how Overwatch 1's biggest problem was that it was effective: Q spam to win, and if you're coordinated win harder.

  • LofiLily Lilylofi! (@LofiLily) reported

    Played a couple of matches of OW2 then a few of OW1 and I unironically like OW1 more. Maybe when it comes out something changes but as is I think I'm done with Overwatch. I hate the fact there are no longer team fights in OW, they've broken the flow of the game.

  • Ice_7896 Trevor (@Ice_7896) reported

    @BlizzardCS is there an issue with PlayStation controllers working on the Overwatch 2 Beta?

  • ChesskaDoodles ChesskaDoodles🐞🎨 (@ChesskaDoodles) reported

    Was rolling the enemy every comp game, then lost to some horrendous lag on the last game, rippppp ty @weirwolf98 for joining in on the silly Overwatch game with me!

  • DanielJL98 Daniel (@DanielJL98) reported

    Last night my addiction to overwatch formed again, problem is playing ranked feels impossible to get a win. 3 wins out of 10 placements is a joke, shouldn’t be a support getting the most kills and damage while also getting the most healing. What else can I expect though.

  • Electrix_X_ Darius Bouchard (@Electrix_X_) reported

    @JustClickNWatch I did have trouble at first but then when i went to overwatch and clicked game version it shows overwatch 2 tech beta so maybe tell them that if they got the four hours of watch time but may fith if they watch the overwatch league matches they get a chance for the beta

  • TheBlaze482 RG Jared (@TheBlaze482) reported

    @DripBoolin Dude, Birdring in the overwatch league got fined only 1000 and his team made him issue a public apology. That's ******* ridiculous

  • vivisghxst delilah 𒉭 (@vivisghxst) reported

    @dilvcify and, just like overwatch, genshin will die either a horrible death and be overshadowed by an actually well-designed successor OR!! HOYOVERSE will pull their head out of their asses and fix some of the problems with the game

  • SowardTodd Todd Soward (@SowardTodd) reported

    @bacoon911 That's just not true, that's like saying you couldn't tell Mario 64 from Crash Bandicoot because the market was oversaturated with 3D platformers. I could use that same argument to say overwatch 1 blends in with other arena shooters.

  • subjectzro (@subjectzro) reported

    Overwatch 2 is terrible. Blizzard still don't know how to balance a game. Orisa will be he new Brigitte problem. Moira is still stupidly unfun to play against. 5v5 and still is balanced as lowskill+high reward.

  • Bl4nk0_ Blanko (@Bl4nk0_) reported

    @GaretHelmken @itzsalty @Reinforce you (or your teammates) are trying to play overwatch 2 as overwatch 1, that's the problem. You shouldn't be expected to do anything of that in this new game

  • theOneKanati Kanati the スマットマスター (@theOneKanati) reported

    @DazzlingDazzaD Yeah, as a former overwatch fan (rip op roadhog, yes I was that piece of **** that played him when he was broken) And although the Microsoft acquisition is the best-case scenario (for the employees), won't change the fact that Kotick is walking out with half a billion to his name

  • Silent_B88 Silent_B88 (@Silent_B88) reported

    @XboxGamePass You could put some #ActivisionBlizzard like Crash Racing and Overwatch on Gamepass 👀

  • charmdust666 charm (@charmdust666) reported

    by next week i should ( ? ) have all my new pc parts. and be able to stream valorant / overwatch WITH BETTER QUALITY !!! ♡ no more lag ! no more frame freezes ! gross fps drops !!! unable to use model !!!11

  • MadKingIII 4'1 IRL (@MadKingIII) reported

    @MarcoStyleNL @SirDimetrious Strict rock paper scissors balancing killed overwatch for me. Its slowly killing destiny, atleast in OW you can switch your kit without being punished too hard. It's not even like they have it down in PvE either; both game types are suffering from the exact same issues.

  • Alucard_1007 Alucard (@Alucard_1007) reported

    This overwatch 2 beta has me in tears, Orissa is so broken with bastion jumping around in turret form, like ayo wtf do I do

  • ILN_Danconia Danconia (@ILN_Danconia) reported

    I am curious to see if others have been having this issue, but me and a friend have been finding that mouse movements in Overwatch 1 seem to be a lot smoother than in Overwatch 2 and is making aiming feel a bit weird. Any ideas @PlayOverwatch #Overwatch2

  • SamTheLucioFan Sammie (@SamTheLucioFan) reported

    Loving the Beta on a gameplay perspective aswell. Although I personally have quite some performance issues, (lag, sound delay and slow loading of animations) the game feels so much better then Overwatch 1. Iam already dreading to go back once the beta is closed.

  • MarcGobi ♣️ Marc Gobi ♣️ (@MarcGobi) reported

    @TheGreatZambon1 @haloofthoughts Paladins issue isn't 5v5 though. Paladins has poor servers, a tiny team working on it in comparison to Overwatch and a smaller fan base that leads to very unbalanced games. It's not a 5v5 thing for Paladins, it's a lack of money from Hi-Rez for Paladins

  • BS222378301 BROlympic (@BS222378301) reported

    They've really got to fix the lighting in the next Overwatch 2 Beta... Everything is so... orange. Very hard to see red enemies on orange lol

  • K1NGKYO Kyo ☆ B•L•M (@K1NGKYO) reported

    no like real talk. why can bhvr take a map & completely rework the thing in like 3 months? Take a killer (nurse) & fix her within a month & also fix 2 other killers in about 3 months but it took blizzard SEVERAL months after showing us gameplay of overwatch 2 to even announce-

  • RoxIsStinky Rox (@RoxIsStinky) reported

    Sat in an overwatch comp queue half my team got disconnected due to server errors, so the enemy team decided to let us draw instead. .

  • darknesscarab Mateus Von Jäger (@darknesscarab) reported

    @colbyley1 @Hai to be honest, overwatch had no reason to do this, they ruined the balance of the game itself by listening to every possible complaint and applying most, it would only take a big patch or two to fix...but league of legends needs this, it's way out of date.

  • The_Sire_Geffy Geffy (@The_Sire_Geffy) reported

    @midniteseance Overwatch 2 is more of a panic button the moment Blizzard-Activision gets in trouble for whatever Its a series I intially respected but I feel heavily sorry

  • ian9721 Kaiser (@ian9721) reported

    it's overwatch 2 but there are still unfixed Reinhardt bugs there are two big bugs which affects the game. Will they fix these bugs if I upload the video?

  • Voidmancer halnacht ☠ reaperway (@Voidmancer) reported

    @ChaoticaCrisis Overwatch is the main cause of my anger issues at one point LMAO the game was just designed to be super annoying

  • WeaponedClaws ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎𝙍𝘼𝘽𝙄𝘿 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙊𝙍 ™ ‎ ‎ ‎ (@WeaponedClaws) reported

    |¤|: I hope lag is fixed in overwatch 2- because jesus christ