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The Overwatch 2<\/em> beta began this afternoon<\/a> and it didn\u2019t take long for testing of Blizzard\u2019s new team-based FPS to break the previous iteration of the game\u2019s record for viewership on Twitch.<\/p>

Less than two hours following the beta opening up, Overwatch<\/em> had 469,000 viewers, according to the streaming platform\u2019s directory.\u00a0<\/p>

The game was led by all of the heavy hitters you would expect, including none other than xQc himself with well over 100,000 viewers. Others playing the game with 20,000 viewers or more included AlphaCast, Lirik, and former Overwatch<\/em> pro Seagull.<\/p>

Prior to today, the game\u2019s highest concurrent viewership on Twitch was 439,152, according to Twitch Tracker<\/a>. That peak for the game came more than four years ago on Jan. 10, 2018, for the opening day of the Overwatch<\/em> League\u2019s inaugural season.<\/p>

The official Overwatch<\/em> League channel led that charge with a peak of 373,393 viewers, according to Twitch Tracker. OWL moved all of its broadcasts to YouTube<\/a> beginning in 2020 after inking an exclusive deal with the platform.<\/p>

The Overwatch 2<\/em> beta is scheduled to end on May 17<\/a> and is currently only available for PC players.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"