Overwatch 2 never launches.

[impishlucy]

Game name

Overwatch 2

Store / launcher

Steam (and indirectly Battlenet)

Compatibility rating you'd give it

Doesn't launch — installer or launcher fails before game loads

What happens

Since Battle.net does not launch i tried Steam, but it only starts the exe and then hangs.

Steps you took

Tried DXMT, DXVK, winetricks runtimes (.net, dx11, c++ stuff, etc), the env var suggested for Battle.net…

Graphics backend tried

Recommended (auto)

GameDB entry id (if you applied one)

No response

Wine log (relevant excerpt)

002c:err:wineboot:process_run_key Error running cmd L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe -a -r" (2).

Whisky version

3.7.0

macOS version

Tahoe (macOS 26)

Hardware

Macbook Air M4 / 16GB Ram

Anti-cheat

• This game uses an anti-cheat system (EasyAntiCheat, BattlEye, Vanguard, Denuvo, etc.) that I'm aware of.

Pre-flight checks

• I checked the in-app Game Configurations browser for an existing config.
• I'm running this fork (frankea/Whisky, confirmed via Whisky → About) — not the archived original that the default brew install --cask whisky installs.
• I searched existing issues for this game.
• My issue is written in English.

[impishlucy]

The anticheat of ow2 works on wine as its serverside, just fyi, it doesnt error with an anticheat failure, it just doesnt actually execute, like it hangs on something that it doesnt log