With the launch of Overwatch 2, Blizzard is implementing SMS Protect to help verify the ownership of any given Battle.net account. This means that players must attach a phone number to their Battle.net account in order to play Overwatch 2 across PC and consoles. Phone numbers can only be used once, and players can not have multiple accounts with the same phone number. Pre-paid phones and VOIP can't be used. Those that own the box version of the original Overwatch will be required to add a phone number to keep playing once Overwatch 2 launches as well.

LOL what bullshit. 0 anonymity. Just like in fucking China. Fuck Blizzard.

Blizzard to "collect a temporary voice chat recording" of a reported player and transcribe what they're saying through text to speech programs. This text is then analyzed by Blizzard's chat review tools to search for "disruptive behavior."

So if you say this:

"when you set up the bomb make sure you rig her right"

Blizzard sees:

"when you set up the bomb make sure you NIGGER FIGHT"

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