SMS Protect, Blizzard’s requirement linking an Overwatch 2 player’s Battle.net account to a mobile phone number, now accommodates prepaid mobile phone data plans, restoring the check-in requirement to most users.
Overwatch 2’s SMS Protect requirement – a measure intended to curb toxic and disruptive player behavior — now accommodates mobile phones on a prepaid plan, Blizzard Entertainment announced on Thursday. That means the requirement to connect a Battle.net account to a mobile number is back for many players of the free-to-play hero shooter.
SMS Protect was disabled for a majority of Overwatch 2 players on Oct. 5 as Blizzard coped with a raft of connectivity problems arising from the highly anticipated game’s launch the day before.
