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You won’t have to wait long to get your hands on Overwatch 2 if you’ve managed to get a beta key.

Overwatch 2 has been teased and touted for months and months, but today we finally got some solid information as the release date for the beta was finally announced. In a developer livestream that sadly lacked much else in the way of information, the development team delivered the good news.

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The first beta will only be for PC players (sorry console Overwatch fans), and you’ll need to own Overwatch 1 on your Battle.net account to play the beta (sorry new players). If you’re let into the beta you’ll receive an email confirming it.

The site was also updated today to clarify that those who opt-in will have a chance to join one of multiple closed betas. The first closed beta is the one on April 26th. It also stated that fans will have a chance to try out the “massive amount of incoming content prior to launch.”

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That content includes so far 5v5 competitive play, the new hero Sojourn, four new naps, a new mode, four hero reworks, and the newpingsystem.

Stay tuned toesports.ggfor the latestOverwatch news and updates.

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