We’re in January and Season 2 is now here. We’re keeping an eye on the condition of the servers and on the lookout for any technical issues as the game launches live for everyone on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox.

Below is the latest server status for Overwatch. Remember, we’re expecting to see some disruption over the course of the next few days so sit tight – it’ll all be worth it. It’s also worth keeping an eye on the Overwatch 2 official Twitter account and Reddit for the latest timely status updates.

Is Overwatch 2 Down?

Currently, the Overwatch servers are no longer experiencing any issues as players can now connect to servers and play matches without issue. It also looks like the Blizzard platform itself also no longer has any problems with its authentication servers as well. We will continue to update this page with the latest information regarding the server availability of Overwatch 2.

As we start off the new year, the Blizzard team’s been keeping us up to date on how the Overwatch servers are doing via the Blizzard forums.

With our own testing, we are now able to find matches and play normally. Logging in to the Blizzard client also no longer puts players in a queue.

We’ll continue to keep watch, of course – but for now it’s looking like players will need to wait patiently until it’s sorted out. While you wait, you can check out some of our guides to hold you over!

Overwatch 2 Error Code (LC-208) Popped Up

In the past hour, the Overwatch Error Code ‘LC-208’ has been popping up recently – not to worry however!

This is a common code at the moment which is indicating that servers are still in maintenance, however they should be commencing shortly!

How to check on Overwatch 2 Server Status For Error Code ‘LC-208’

There are a few ways on how you can check on the status of Overwatch while it transitions into it’s sequel game, these are:

  • Battle.net Support Page Overwatch’s official Twitter DownDetector

Currently, there seems to be no problems with maintenance at the moment – this could be due to Blizzard rolling out maintenance slowly and gradually.