Gamers are itching to get again into Overwatch, as evidenced by a prolonged queue that lots of them cannot get out of. Overwatch’s new Season 1 replace simply launched, appearing as a mushy reboot that drops the “2” from the title and provides 5 new heroes. It actually has followers excited, with the shooter reaching an all-time excessive for concurrent gamers on Steam, however lots of them cannot even get previous the title display screen.
Firing up Overwatch will put you in line to enter the sport, with gamers reporting that upon reaching the entrance of the queue, they’re given an error message and kicked all the best way again.
Based on developer Blizzard, Overwatch just had its “biggest weekend in over a year,” a declare backed up by current Steam knowledge. The recreation reached a concurrent participant depend of almost 70,000 over the weekend, however with the Season 1 replace, Overwatch has already damaged its personal report and reached an all-time peak with over 124,000 concurrent players (and counting) as of this writing.
Overwatch gamers are being bounced again within the queue after reaching the top.
On Twitch, there are presently over 199,000 viewers watching Overwatch streams, with many streamers having gotten by means of the door. At this second, Overwatch has the best dwell viewer depend on Twitch, slipping previous League of Legends.
Together with the extra of 5 new heroes, which will definitely have ramifications on the sport’s steadiness, Overwatch Season 1 additionally retools the sport’s UI and menus and begins a brand new narrative that can run for a 12 months.
Overwatch gamers already had a sneak peek at new injury hero Anran and her skills, and after campaigning from each followers and Anran’s personal voice actor in regards to the character’s spinoff look, the character will obtain a redesign from Blizzard.