Overwatch Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 3 weeks ago on

February 13, 2026

Overwatch had a possible outage on Friday. Feb 13, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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Overwatch experienced a possible outage Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 11:29 p.m. PST, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing problems with server connection.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.