As of 21:40 on the 19th of August, the Overwatch servers are facing unexpected issues in server connection. Users have reported an error that prevents them from being able to access the game on both Xbox and PlayStation. As of now, Overwatch is still down. To get quicker coverage of if and when online servers are down again, here are websites you can trust in assessing what exactly the issues are.
How to check if Overwatch servers are down
Downdetector
Downdetector reported a spike in error flagging since 9:00 PM (GMT), starting at 21 reports just before at 8:49 PM then increasing at 667 reports at 9:04 PM. The website compiles all reports from the last 24 hours.
Is The Service Down
Is The Service Down is another real-time tracker of outages. Use this site as another indicator and backup of what other sites report. Here for Overwatch, it has been reported at 84% today since 09:00 PM that its sign in is the current issue. It also indicates which locations are the most affected and continue to be.
Searching for “Overwatch servers down” onto Twitter under the ‘Latest’ section will always show fellow players who may share the same issues of logging in to give you a quick overview of how many others may or may not be affected. Additionally, following the accounts of and checking Tweets from both Blizzard Entertainment and Overwatch’s official Twitter account will give updates on sorting these errors at some point.
Other means of further checking if servers are down for others and not only affecting yourself is by visiting forums such as Reddit‘s Overwatch group and the official game thread on Blizzard’s own site.
If you are experiencing issues with any online servers, remember to report them to sites such as these to help update other players and get the issues solved quicker as developers take notice of all the reports.
Update: As of 10:00 PM (GMT), Overwatch’s server issues have been sorted for most areas.
