After a long, agonizing period of silence, Blizzard is finally ready to show the upcoming Overwatch 2 to the public. The game will at last be playable in beta form in late April. Everyone can sign up to play it, and, thankfully, if you have a rig that’s less than a decade old, you should be able to experience it if you nab the golden ticket. The PC requirements for the Overwatch 2 beta are live, and aren’t too demanding.
Of course, that is to be expected. As attractive as the original game was, it didn’t ask too much of players’ builds. So long as you had at least a GTX 460 GPU, a Core i5 CPU, and 6 GB of RAM, you were good to sit back and not watch your team push the payload. Overwatch 2 does up the specs, but it’s just as reasonable as its predecessor.
The PC requirements for the Overwatch 2 beta aren’t that great of a leap — discounting the storage necessities, anyway. On the minimum side of things, you’ll need a GTX 600 series or AMD Radeon 7000 series GPU, a Core i3 series or Phenom X3 8650 CPU, and 6 GB of RAM. For the recommended, you’re looking at a GTX 1060 or AMD R9 380 for the GPU, an i7 series or Ryzen 5 series CPU, and 8 GB of RAM. The matches might get sweaty, but your PC should stay nice and cool. The major outlier is that the game requires 50 GB of storage space. For a beta, that’s a sizable chunk.
Smooth sailing, even when you’re not playing the objective
If you’re PC matches up, you might want to throw your hat into the beta ring ahead of its launch in late April. It’ll include four maps to play, a new ping system, a Push game mode, and the new hero Sojourn. Unlike the first game, Overwatch 2 drops down to 5v5 matches, which is something the community hasn’t responded happily to. But maybe they’ll be pleased with the new hero reworks? Time will tell on both counts. Either way, if you’re interested in joining, Blizzard has a sign-in page to peruse.
