The upcoming Closed PvP Beta for Overwatch 2 has been given a start date April 26, and even though invites will be limited to those that own the original game on Battle.net (PC) your "Battle.net region" will factor in to who will be selected. Alongside hardware specs, though on that front what has been announced looks to be fairly modest.

This probably means players in Australia won't be included in the first round of testing (a full Open Beta is also on the cards for 2022), though Blizzard is noting that "select journalists and community contributors from around the world" will also be included. So... maybe.

Also console players will be able to jump in on future tests. All of these updates arrived as part of a new Overwatch 2 PvP Beta FAQ that's live now.

As with that Blizzard has outlined the PC hardware requirements for Overwatch 2 as per below.

Minimum (targeting 30fps)

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Operating system: Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Processor: Intel Core i3 or AMD Phenom X3 8650
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600 series, AMD Radeon HD 7000 series
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 50 GB available hard drive space

Recommended (targeting 60fps on Medium settings)

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Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
Processor: Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 5
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD R9 380
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 50 GB available hard drive space