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Overwatch 2’s rocky post-launch saga continues as the sport is affected by a bug that randomly purchases skins from the in-game store with out permission from gamers whereas they’re utilizing the chat.

As reported by Kotaku, some gamers identified the auto-purchasing bug to Blizzard after the sport’s tumultuous launch on Tuesday. The subject appeared to achieve extra traction Thursday night when Reddit person Dracyoshi made a put up within the Overwatch subreddit detailing their expertise of shopping for the Junker Queen pores and skin with out that means to as a result of they typed textual content chat within the Hero Gallery.

“On the day that Overwatch 2 launched I was chatting with some friends while browsing the hero gallery when the game unexpectedly began unlocking Junker Queen’s Plutonium skin,” Dracyoshi mentioned. “I was typing a message in the chat and before I could react and cancel the purchase it already went through and bought the skin for me. It appears to have been caused by a bug where text typed into the chat is occasionally misinterpreted by the game [as] an input for navigating the menu. And unfortunately unlocking a skin only takes two presses of the spacebar, something that can happen in a split second when you’re pressing it dozens of times per sentence.”

The Plutonium pores and skin is value 300 Legacy Credits, which is in-game foreign money given to unique Overwatch gamers. Legacy cash can’t be obtained in Overwatch 2 if it’s your first time enjoying the sequence, and as soon as you employ them, you may’t get them again. Digital Trends reached out to Dracyoshi for extra particulars on Blizzard’s response in regards to the bug. They mentioned they acquired a response on the assist ticket, however weren’t issued any refunds. However, they mentioned they have been relieved it didn’t use Overwatch Coins they spent precise cash on.

The auto-purchasing bug is the newest in a sequence of mishaps for Overwatch 2, which has seen two DDoS assaults, lengthy queues of gamers attempting to log into the sport’s servers solely to get kicked out after unlocking sure achievements, and gamers not assembly SMS Protect necessities to play the sport, which Blizzard mounted following fan pushback. When Blizzard will patch out the auto-purchasing bug or provide refunds to these affected by it’s unknown.

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