While time will tell just how successful Overwatch is when the team-based shooter launches on May 24th, Blizzard Entertainment are clearly ecstatic about the number of people who turned out for the open beta test of the game.
Held on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One – the company have confirmed that 9.7 million gamers to part in the test. These players clocked more than 4.9 billion minutes / 81 million hours of playtime among them, across more than 37 million matches.
Mike Morhaime | CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment
We’re thrilled that such an incredible number of players from around the globe got a chance to check out Overwatch during the Open Beta. Our mission was to make sure as many console and PC gamers as possible could experience the full game ahead of its launch—the response was overwhelming, and we hope that everyone had a blast.
