Overwatch Beta Stress Test Weekend

Check if you have been "flagged" for the beta.

Overwatch's first beta weekend will be held from November 20 to November 23 and is primarily focused on stress testing Blizzard's servers.

"During this three-day event, we’ll be opening up Overwatch beta (for a limited time) to a lot more players from our Americas and Europe gameplay regions," it said. "The objective [is to] help us stress test our server hardware and technology .. and make a few Plays of the Game in the process."

During this beta test weekend, players will be able to select the full roster of 21 heroes, and play on a limited selection of the game's maps, including Hanamura, King’s Row, and Watchpoint: Gibraltar.

"Since this is a stress test, we’re primarily interested in your technical feedback," Blizzard continued. "Like how Overwatch runs on your system, your experience with the beta servers, critical bug reports, and other game-impacting problems. One of our goals is to push our hardware to the limit, so don’t be surprised if you experience performance issues or run into unexpected downtime--that’s all part of the process."

Players can check if they have been "flagged" during a scheduled maintenance on November 19. Blizzard has advised newcomers to "use this additional time to download and install the beta client so you can be ready for action once servers come back online."