Overwatch 2 players on Xbox furious as irritating bug kicks them out of matches

OVERWATCH 2 players have noted a number of errors since last week's launch, including one seemingly specific to players on Xbox.

Even before the launch, players were disappointed to hear that the game would require new users to complete a hundred matches before all the game’s heroes were unlocked.

Developer Blizzard also wanted players to verify their account with a phone number before being allowed to enter the game. 

It has since backtracked in part on this decision as it excluded players on prepaid mobile plans.

However, none of this compared to the frustration players felt at the game’s launch.

Several cyber attacks were carried out against the game’s servers, meaning that queues reached as large as 50k players.

While Blizzard have now managed to control the attacks, players are still suffering issues once they enter the game.

In particular, a number of fans playing on Xbox have encountered an infuriating bug that kicks them out of matches.

The bug occurs whenever a player on Xbox receives an achievement, which is an award players get for reaching certain milestones in games.

There are hundreds of achievements available for Overwatch 2, and every time a player receives one they are kicked out of their match.

As achievements are often awarded when players are doing well this is particularly frustrating.

There is even an achievement for choosing their first hero, meaning that Xbox players are guaranteed to be booted from their first match.

For now it appears the majority of Xbox players are choosing to play on other platforms, or wait for the issue to be resolved. 

Some have tried turning off notifications for achievements in their consoles settings, but this doesn’t appear to have helped in the majority of cases.

Other players are reporting that their account is then suspended for 15 minutes for exiting the game in the middle of a ranked match.

Despite players reporting on the issue on both the Overwatch 2 Reddit page and the official forums, Blizzard has not replied on these threads.

The only comment that can be found relating to the issue is from the official Overwatch Twitter account.

It states: “Fixes are being rolled out over the next few hours to address many of the remaining LC-208 errors”.

This is the name of the error associated with Xbox achievements.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of .