The Overwatch 2 beta will begin today, Wednesday, April 27th. dominate the number of viewers on Twitch, says MeinMMO author Schuhmann. Because Blizzard has adopted a trick that Riot Games established in the shooter “Valorant” in 2020. If you want to be in the Overwatch 2 beta, you have to watch Twitch. But even without drops, Overwatch was already a hit on Twitch yesterday.
How strong was Overwatch 2 on Twitch already? strong as an ox:
- The Overwatch 2 beta began on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m. German time.
- Viewership of Overwatch 2 rose from a “sleeping” 9,700 viewers to a peak of 454,735 viewers.
- Just a few hours in the beta were enough to make Overwatch 2 one of the 10 biggest games on Twitch in the last 3 days in the “Trending Games” category.
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Overwatch breaks 4-year-old Twitch viewership record
This is what makes it so special: As the site Dotesports reports, Overwatch 2 broke its viewership record on Twitch yesterday (via dotesports):
- 2 hours after the start of the beta, 469,000 viewers were watching – Overwatch had never had so many viewers
- The previous record was 349,152, which was set on January 10, 2018, when the Overwatch League started its inaugural season
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“Bad Boy” xQc has the most viewers with Overwatch
Who were the big winners? The biggest winner was “xQc,” who was a former Overwatch pro himself before being kicked out of the league for misconduct. He played Overwatch 2 for 5 hours and had an average of 140,000 viewers. Record.
Next to him, the other former professional Seagull convinced. There was a glorious scene on Twitch: the self-proclaimed “Hanzo God” met one of the “World’s Greatest Widowmaker” players.