Gaming: Overwatch Just Hit Its All-time Player Count Peak On Steam,...
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Overwatch just had its huge reset last night, dropping the '2', adding five new characters, and revamping the UI, to name just a few changes. It was also the first time I'd seen a queue to get into the servers for quite some time.
We unfortunately don't have any numbers for player count on Battle.net, Overwatch's primary launcher, but Steamdb has come in clutch to give us a better idea of just how many people tuned in last night to see what all the hubbub was about. The Reign of Talon season 1 brought in an impressive 165,651 peak concurrent players on Steam last night, a personal best for Overwatch on said platform.
I was on Overwatch last night, although not via Steam, as I didn't just start playing in the last two years. And I can say that this update was everything I'd hoped it would be. The new UI looks great; it's still clean, and given that I am usually averse to any major changes, I'm surprised as to how much I like it.
Source: PC Gamer
