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Once it’s installed, the blue button with change to Play. Click that button to open the server.<\/li> <\/ol>
Updates hit the Overwatch<\/em> PTR frequently, so you’ll want to update it often to get the new changes. There are more bugs than players will find in the live game, but that’s the nature of a test server.<\/p>
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