Overwatch 2 players can now group with friends at any rank—at the risk of hour-long matchmaking

Overwatch 2’s new “wide group” feature, allowing players to group with players at any rank, is a great idea in theory. But the matchmaking times players are seeing tell a different story.

Competitive Wide Groups, added as part of yesterday’s season 10 update, seem to have increased matchmaking times for many players, with some posting their queue times of over an hour long.