Blizzard announced in a post on Friday that the adjustment to SMS Protect phone number restrictions is now officially in place. To be able to play Overwatch 2, gamers had to have a postpaid phone number connected to their accounts. However, in response to player outrage, Blizzard announced that it will relax the regulation so that those who have previously played Overwatch with a linked Battle.net account would no longer need to register a phone number to play the sequel.
