Summary
A strangeOverwatch 2bug is making people join empty lobbies, players have complained online. The game, which was fully released late last year, has had other weird glitches in the past.
Blizzard Entertainment’sOverwatch 2is the sequel to the legendary studio’s popular hero shooter from 2016 that was promised to have new PvE elements alongside additional heroes, maps, and modes. Since leaving early access in August, the title has exhibited unfortunate technical issues, with a recently reported bug forcing people to play in empty matches.
Reddit user PaperMacheteMisfit shared in a post how they were removed from anOverwatch 2match and put in a lobby that had no other players. PaperMacheteMisfit was still able to talk to their teammates, carry the payload to the objective, and be given a Play of the Game replay after winning, they claimed. Throughout the bizarre match, PaperMacheteMisfit played as Soldier: 76, and their character wore the Mumen Rider skin that was featured in the 2023collaboration betweenOverwatch 2andOne Punch Man.
This is not the first time players of Blizzard Entertainment’s FPS have run into the kind of glitch PaperMacheteMisfit encountered. AnOverwatch 2player was also placed in an empty gameand managed to get a free win right around the time the title fully launched. The player, Reddit user Goku-sann, recorded the eerie match and shared the footage online.
Overwatch 2 Bugs and Glitches
Other technical issues have manifested in Blizzard Entertainment’s shooter, including aglitch that stretched the character models ofOverwatch 2heroesin the game’s Practice Range map. All a player needed to do to trigger the bug was to walk into a certain lamp and jump. Blizzard Entertainment has been trying to address bugs and glitches through regular game updates, like the one that was released on May 21 that fixed a self-knockback issue involving Zarya.
Blizzard Entertainment’s latest shooter is currently on its 10th season, which introduced the new hero, Venture, as well as the Mirrorwatch event, among other things. The next season will go live in June.Overwatch 2Season 11 will remove the Hero Mastery Gauntlettower defense mode and bring changes to Cassidy. Lifeweaver, Mercy, and Symmetra may also receive tweaks in the future, theOverwatch 2team revealed in a recent Reddit AMA.
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WHERE TO PLAY
Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.
