Blizzard Entertainment, a publisher and developer, described the Defense Matrix initiative aimed at protecting the integrity of the game process and promoting positive behaviour in the Overwatch 2 conditionally free commandboat.
In order to further protect its users from fraud and bully players, Blizzard introduced a mandatory link between the telephone number and the Battle.net account from 4 October.
In order to establish more accurately the violations of the rules of conduct, the voice chat will also be recorded.
For new players who will create an account after the Overwatch 2 launch, restrictions are prepared: some modes, heroes, voice and regular chat rooms will not be available to such users from the start.
The release of all the characters from the original Overwatch in Overwatch 2 will take about 100 games, and the opening of the competitive mode will require 50 wins in the fast games.
Among other things, Overwatch 2 will abandon the rank system, leave one category of praise for the match, shut down the general chat room, and introduce a ping system for those who do not want to use the voice chat.
Early access and first season Overwatch 2 will begin on 4 October at 10 p.m. Moscow time on PC and Nintendo Switch. The original Overwatch servers will be shut down on 3 October at 7 p.m. Moscow.