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Facepalm: Overwatch 2’s problem-filled launch continues. Blizzard says it’s wanting right into a bug within the multiplayer FPS that’s inflicting PCs to close down. It’s unclear what’s inflicting the difficulty, however recommendations embody the sport overheating CPUs, reminiscence leaks, and conflicts with particular antivirus software program.
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The first studies of the problems arrived on Blizzard’s discussion board round ten days in the past. In addition to shutting down a PC, others write that they’ve skilled restarts, freezes, or a Blue Screen of Death.
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Blizzard acknowledged studies of the bug in a tweet that reads: “We are currently investigating an issue with computers restarting or shutting down while playing #Overwatch2.”
Technical discussion board agent Jambrix is asking these affected to help Blizzard in its investigation by posting their DXDIAG. They additionally posted directions on how to do that and suggested utilizing Pastebin if the DXDIAG is simply too lengthy.
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We are at the moment investigating a problem with computer systems restarting or shutting down whereas taking part in #overwatch2, You can discover out extra and assist with the investigation right here! https://t.co/TLrEkkl3by
— Blizzard CS EU (@BlizzardCSEU_EN) October 12, 2022
People have been speculating about what’s inflicting the problems. A person referred to as Azgorath claims it’s a results of Overwatch 2 spiking CPU temperatures to the purpose the place a system shuts off to guard itself; their Ryzen 2700x reached over 100 levels Celsius once they have been within the queue to get into the sport. A special person believes the issue is said to a reminiscence leak, and there have been studies of the BSOD exhibiting dpc_watchdog_violation errors.
PCMag writes that Jambrix suggests this all stems from “a specific situation where 360 Total Security” causes some PCs to close down or restart whereas taking part in the sport, so uninstalling the antivirus software program may sort things. As for the Blue Screens of Death, Jambrix suggests it might be associated to Nvidia Broadcast or any program that makes use of RTX Voice.
Overwatch 2’s launch makes Cyberpunk 2077’s launch look clean by comparability. A DDoS assault on launch day resulted in large queues and many individuals unable to entry the sport. The SMS Protect 2FA system meant these with pre-paid telephones couldn’t play the sport. A chat bug charged customers randomly for skins with out informing them. And Blizzard needed to pull and repair characters resulting from gamers exploiting them.
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