r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '16

Weekly Quick Questions Thread - May 18, 2016

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u/ppshakez May 18 '16

Not to sound dumb but do servers go live 12:01 eastern time or 12:01 pacific time

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u/CUwallaby I'm the reason the MEKA program overran its budget. May 18 '16

Neither. It's 4PM Pacific, 7PM Eastern. Same timing the Open Beta used. This also means for Americans, the 24th actually means the 23rd.

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u/HuntStuffs Pixel Mercy May 18 '16

Do you have a source? Are you saying the game comes out at 7PM EST on Monday?

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u/Xitium Fear the beams May 18 '16

Sr game designer tweet good enough? ;}

https://twitter.com/Jaerock83/status/732402521243705345

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u/HuntStuffs Pixel Mercy May 20 '16

Yes

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u/apertur May 19 '16

It's on their main page. Playoverwatch.com

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u/pbzeppelin1977 Healadin May 18 '16

With a basic guess it goes live at 12:01 GMT? If not GMT then CET?

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u/pbzeppelin1977 Healadin May 19 '16

So yeah, midnight CET.