Blizzard provides a giant, essential replace on the messy Overwatch 2 launch, a bevvy of latest Pokemon Scarlet and Violet particulars, and the brand new Want for Velocity appears to be like… good??? All this on as we speak’s GameSpot Information.
Blizzard’s long-awaited Overwatch 2 arrived this week, however the launch did not precisely go to plan. Blizzard has apologized for the launch points, saying it failed to fulfill the expectations of gamers and Blizzard itself. The studio additionally introduced it’s eradicating the telephone registration requirement for a lot of and offered an replace on what’s being carried out to mitigate server points to assist gamers get into matches.
The record of identified points for Overwatch 2 at present stands at almost 15,000, however there are a couple of key points that Blizzard needed to handle proper now, the primary of which is the telephone quantity requirement. Blizzard initially stated the telephone quantity requirement was a part of an effort to fight dishonest, however many individuals complained about it for quite a lot of causes, and a few pay as you go telephone plans didn’t work.
Whereas most customers will not require a telephone quantity, accounts not related to Battle.internet and new accounts should nonetheless present one.
Concerning stability, Blizzard only recently launched a patch for the login expertise that has already been proven to extend the “reliability” of logging in. Blizzard is now engaged on one other server replace to assist cut back how typically gamers turn out to be disconnected after they can handle to hook up with a recreation.
Gamers have additionally reported that they’re logging in to Overwatch 2 solely to see that some or all of their objects and knowledge are lacking. The excellent news is that no objects or progress has been misplaced.
Blizzard stated this problem comes from gamers not finishing their account merge course of. One other issue is that objects are taking time to populate from the unique Overwatch to Overwatch 2. “In all instances, no participant knowledge has been wiped or misplaced. We now have a client-side repair for this that can not be deployed till subsequent week, so we’re exploring server-side fixes and can present updates as extra data turns into accessible,” Blizzard stated.
Blizzard went on to say that anybody who has unlocked a hero however that hero remains to be displaying as locked ought to log again into the sport, and this can resolve the difficulty “generally.” Gamers can open a help ticket if they’re nonetheless experiencing issues.
Lastly, Blizzard stated all of Overwatch 2’s launch points had been exacerbated by the DDoS assaults in opposition to the sport. “They didn’t instantly trigger any of those points, they made the surroundings wherein we work on these points tougher. We now have not suffered any additional assaults,” Blizzard stated.
Blizzard isn’t just the title of a large online game developer, but additionally the title of a transfer in Pokémon, which simply revealed in a brand new trailer for the upcoming Scarlet and Violet titles that gamers that gamers will have the ability to craft their very own TMs utilizing sources dropped from Pokemon which have been caught or defeated in battle.
The Pokemon Firm did not go too deep into what number of “TMs” might be crafted or methods to unlock recipes, however from the video proven off, it appears to be like like you may create TMs based mostly on basic Pokemon talents utilizing League Factors, berries, and different supplies. The remainder of the video confirmed off extra of the customization that you can experiment with, Girafarig’s new evolution that transforms it into Farigiraf, and a sandwich-making exercise.
Take a look at the total 15 minute trailer right here on GameSpot’s YouTube.