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Overwatch 2 experienced a possible outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. (Shutterstock)

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

More than 6,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 1:14 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 login.

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