Overwatch Hits Peak Twitch Viewership After Overwatch 2 Beta Opens<\/p>\n

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The long-in-development Overwatch 2 finally went live with a PvP beta this afternoon. Soon after launch, the first Overwatch broke its previous record of total Twitch viewership in mere hours.<\/p>\n

In honor of the sequel beta, several high-profile twitch streamers such as Lirik, Myth, and most notably, xQc streamed the first Overwatch. The game peaked at around 450,000 views today, and xQc’s amassed over 150,000 views of Overwatch on his own.<\/p>\n