Free shooter Overwatch 2 reached 25 million players in 10 days after release

The Overwatch 2 multiplayer shooter from Blizzard Entertainment has managed to attract 25 million players in just 10 days since its launch.

The developers boasted about the success of the project on the official Twitter account of the franchise.

Overwatch 2 was released in early access on October 4 and breathed new life into the established formula of the original game, including a 5-on-5 PvP format, a new progression system based on a combat pass, the introduction of seasonal content, three new heroes and, of course, the transition to a shareware distribution model.

Despite the impressive user base, the launch of Overwatch 2 was extremely unsuccessful and was overshadowed by numerous interruptions in work.

Players faced huge queues on servers of several tens of thousands of people, and also experienced connection problems due to massive DDoS attacks.

The requirement with mandatory binding of a mobile phone number to the Battle account added fuel to the fire.

net, but under the yoke of criticism, they decided to leave two-stage SMS authentication only for beginners.

Overwatch 2 is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC and Nintendo Switch.