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Here is the server launch times by timezone: More info on launch at playoverwatch.com. I didn't realize that the game was actually launching on the 23rd in the US. EUROPE:
- 00:00 BST on May 24
- 01:00 CEST on May 24
- 02:00 MSK on May 24
THE AMERICAS:
- 4:00 p.m. PDT on May 23
- 5:00 p.m. MDT on May 23
- 6:00 p.m. CDT on May 23
- 7:00 p.m. EDT on May 23
- 8:00 p.m. ADT on May 23
- 8:00 p.m. BRT on May 23
- 8:30 p.m. NDT on May 23
- 7:00 a.m. SGT on May 24
- 9:00 a.m. AEST on May 24
- 11:00 a.m. NZST on May 24
ASIA:
- 7:00 a.m. CST
- 8:00 a.m. KST
- 8:00 a.m. JST
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We are getting dangerously close to the 48 hour mark :D
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Alright alright, Blizzard. I preordered. Excited!
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Sad it starts on a Monday and not a weekend. Work has me hating life right now.
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I will get home just in time for Overwatch to go live, whoot!
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Bearded Elder29876 Posts
Mhm my laptop will arrive around thursday, friday so I'm gonna miss first 2-3 days :\ DAMN
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there is a Developer Q&A session on Facebook with Jeff Kaplan its 10:30 PDT which is 13:30 EDT and 19:30 CEST.
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Seriously. Why launch on a Monday at 16:00? Why not in the morning at say 10:00 or 11:00 so Europe gets to play in the evening as well on the same day? Not only that, but say something goes wrong, they'd then have the entire workday to fix it.
Just annoyed that given a regular workday and sleeping hours that Europe has to wait an additional day when it could be avoided.
Oh well, at least we'll have the Americas to work out any launch bugs/lags or whatever. Still very excited to play it again. Beta was fun.
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United Kingdom20157 Posts
Not only that, but say something goes wrong, they'd then have the entire workday to fix it.
It's a new blizzard game launch, what could possibly go wrong?
+ Show Spoiler +
Oh well, at least we'll have the Americas to work out any launch bugs/lags or whatever
The US is launching X hours earlier but they're X hours behind EU.
The actual launch will be roughly at the same time which is tuned to be midnight in EU, previous evening in US and next morning in Korea.
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On May 22 2016 21:53 Thezzy wrote: Seriously. Why launch on a Monday at 16:00?
its at the end of a full work day so they can prepare for launch. and its the first day of the week so that they have all week to fix things if something goes wrong. That is probably why its Monday at 16:00. I'd play the minute it launches except that i'll be screaming my head off at a basketball game.
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United Kingdom20157 Posts
Seriously. Why launch on a Monday at 16:00? Why not in the morning at say 10:00 or 11:00 so Europe gets to play in the evening as well on the same day?
There's like a 14 hour gap between US west and Korea. EU is sandwiched between them. There's no way to play a simultaneous release without having one region launch at night time, i think the way that they chose (evening NA, midnight EU, morning korea) is one of the best ways.
Having a staggered release would mean some regions playing half a day earlier than others, so i do like this approach
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Maybe Blizzard should make a shifted release per country. Maybe then the servers won't burn . But since this is an FPS I guess we are okay.
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United Kingdom20157 Posts
On May 23 2016 22:15 FeyFey wrote:Maybe Blizzard should make a shifted release per country. Maybe then the servers won't burn . But since this is an FPS I guess we are okay.
Different regions different servers anyway
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I did the dumb thing and bought a cd-key from 3rd party site since getting Origins edition for 40€ was too tempting and they still haven't delivered it, hope I get it soon so I can get couple launch hours in before sleep.
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On May 24 2016 00:27 Vaelone wrote: I did the dumb thing and bought a cd-key from 3rd party site since getting Origins edition for 40€ was too tempting and they still haven't delivered it, hope I get it soon so I can get couple launch hours in before sleep.
...that...doesn't sound good?
Only 4.5 hours to go. I can do this. Breathe deep.
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On May 24 2016 00:23 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2016 22:15 FeyFey wrote:Maybe Blizzard should make a shifted release per country. Maybe then the servers won't burn . But since this is an FPS I guess we are okay. Different regions different servers anyway
thats why per country and not per region.
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On May 24 2016 04:32 scott31337 wrote:
Hype!!
I was unaware this was even a thing, neato.
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