On Tuesday evening, Blizzard President Mike Ybarra issued a generic tweet warning that "Teams are working hard on server issues with Overwatch 2." Less than an hour later, though, he followed up with some more worrying specifics.

Overnight, Overwatch 2 Game Director Aaron Keller posted an update saying that "we’re steadily making progress on server issues and stability, as well as working through a second DDoS attack.

On top of any DDoS-related problems, Blizzard is also acknowledging that "some players are experiencing server disconnects" and "some players who merged their PC and console accounts are seeing an 'Unexpected Server Error'" in the game's early hours.

Potential players across the Internet are posting reports of hours-long wait times to get in a game and server queues with tens of thousands of people.

Former Gears of War and Jazz Jackrabbit developer Cliff Bleszinski got in on the act, tweeting that "Unexpected Server Error Occurred" can apparently serve as the game's subtitle.

Last year, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said the game would not hit a planned 2022 release amid "increased competition...

Blizzard announced the game's October 4 early access launch in June.