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Original story (published on April 28, 2022) follows:

Overwatch 2 is an upcoming shooting game developed and published by none other than Blizzard Entertainment. The title shares its environment with the first version of the game when it comes to PvP.

Apart from this, the second installment in the series will also feature a co-op PvE mode. Overwatch 2 also changes the team size from six to five and has completely reworked how tank characters work.

That said, Overwatch 2 developers started the beta testing a few days ago. Those interested can either sign up for the beta via the website or access it via Twitch drops.

All players have to do is link their Battle.net account to their Twitch account and watch some content from specific streamers. After players watch at least four hours of content from the list of streamers published by Blizzard, the drops will provide access to the beta version of the game.

But many are now saying they are getting an error message and not getting access to the beta even though they completed all the prerequisites (1,2,3,4,5).

Below are some reports from players who are unable to get access to Overwatch 2 beta even after claiming the Twitch drop.

Thankfully, a Blizzard Community manager shed some light on the matter and said they are aware of the issue where some players are unable to access Overwatch 2 beta after claiming their Twitch drop.

Also, we came across a workaround that seems to be helping some. It involves making sure your Battle.net account is connected to your Twitch account in Battle.net settings.

We hope Blizzard sorts out the Overwatch 2 beta issue with Twitch drop as soon as possible. If and when they do, we will be updating this space to reflect the same so stay tuned for updates.

Update 1 (April 29)

11:13 am (IST): In order to download the game Overwatch team says that players will have to link their Battle.net accounts to Twitch on both ends.

You’ll have to connect your Battle.net account on Twitch. And then sign in to the Battle.net account and link your Twitch account to it as well. After doing this, players will be able to download the game.

06:46 pm (IST): If you didn’t get a free key to Overwatch 2 durante el Twitch evento, then there’s another chance to get one.

The Overwatch League will give away 1,500 keys each hour during the opening weekend of season 5. More on that here.

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