Blizzard announced last week that all Overwatch 2 players will be required to attach a phone number to their Battle.net accounts in order to play the game. The requirement was added as part of Blizzard’s effort to combat toxicity and abuse in the game. But there’s one major problem: The new 2FA system, called SMS Protect, will not accept certain types of numbers, “including prepaid and VOIP.” This understandably caused a stir, because it effectively meant that if you own a prepaid cellphone, you can’t play Overwatch.
