Overwatch Beta Had 9.7 Million Players + Cheat In Overwatch And Get Banned

Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch beta had 9.7 million players that participated in the beta. The open beta ran from May 3 until May 11 and was Blizzard's biggest ever. Players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC logged over 4.9 billion minutes, which adds up to over 81 million hours, across 37 million matches. 

The world needed heroes, and an incredible 9.7 MILLION of you answered the call. Here's to our next adventure! pic.twitter.com/YIusT0rCUa

— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) May 12, 2016

In other Overwatch news, Blizzard will permanently ban any player found cheating in Overwatch on their first offense. Announced in a post on the Overwatch forums, any player "found to be cheating or using hacks, bots or third-party software that provides any sort of unfair advantage". Overwatch releases on May 24 for PS4, Xbox One and PC.