Overwatch 2 beta
Overwatch open beta.
The Overwatch beta was the beta test phase of Overwatch, beginning on October 27, 2015.[1]
The beta closed on May 9, 2016.[2]
Following the in-house alpha test, the beta test was the phase in which the game was opened up to a select number of invited players outside Blizzard for testing and feedback purposes.[3] The beta temporarily closed by the end of 2015.[4] The beta re-opened on February 9, 2016, with an all-new progression system, two new maps, one new game mode, several hero balance updates, and the introduction of bots.[5]
As of November 2015, 7 million people had signed up for the beta.[6] By the beta's end, 9.7 million people had played the beta.[7]
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The game's public beta began on October 27, 2015, shortly after 5pm UT.[1] The beta started simultaneously in the Americas and Europe regions, with Asia to be added later.[1][8] Upon the start of the beta, Overwatch swiftly became top game on Twitch.tv, quickly reaching more than 200,000 viewers in