OVERWATCH: Blizzard Entertainment Are Looking Into Implementing Cross-Platform Play

OVERWATCH: Blizzard Entertainment Are Looking Into Implementing Cross-Platform Play

A producer of Overwatch recently revealed that Blizzard Entertainment is actively exploring the possibility of making the competitive shooter cross-play compatible.

By Nebula - Oct 05, 2019 03:10 PM EST
Filed Under: OVERWATCH
Source: Gamespot
Overwatch will finally be coming to the Nintendo Switch in just over a week's time. The popular multiplayer shooter has been available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC for three years now.

Only now that Overwatch is coming to the Switch is Blizzard Entertainment beginning to humor the idea of cross-platform play — though they, at first, shot down the idea of such a feature being implemented. The concept of being able to play alongside those who aren't playing on the same platform as you wasn't as big of a thing back when the competitive game initially released.

Wes Yanagi, a producer of Overwatch, recently participated in an interview with Gamespot in which cross-platform play was discussed. At first, Yanagi iterated that implementing a feature which allows different consoles to connect is more difficult than it seems.

"Cross-play is something that would definitely be compelling for players, and as a player, I would love to see it happen. The truth is that implementing cross-play for Overwatch is more difficult than people realize."

The producer continued, revealing that Blizzard are actively looking into figuring out how to make Overwatch cross-play compatible — but they unfortunately don't have any exciting breakthroughs to share right now. "We are exploring how to bring this to Overwatch, but do not have anything to share at this time."


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Overwatch: Legendary Edition will release for the Nintendo Switch on October 15th, 2019.
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