The “Overwatch has crashed in the graphics driver” error in Overwatch 2 is a particularly annoying error message that can brick your entire PC.

The error text here tells the absolute truth. Overwatch 2 will crash your graphics driver when this error occurs and you will feel the impact. Since you can’t press any buttons or move, in most cases you will have to hard reset your PC, making this a situation that needs to be fixed.

To fix the “Overwatch has crashed in the graphics driver” error, you’ll want to close any background processes that may be having an overlay. Discord and NVIDIA are just a few examples, so I’d recommend checking your task manager to run a full scan.

You can also choose to rename the Overwatch 2 executable and launch the game through the .exe file instead of using the Battle.net launcher.