Overwatch is getting cross-play

Blizzard Entertainment is bringing cross-platform play to Overwatch, a long-requested update that will enable multiplayer between Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. Cross-play in Overwatch is powered by the latest update to Battle.net, Blizzard’s online multiplayer infrastructure, the game developer said Wednesday.

Overwatch is also playable via backward compatibility on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and those players will also be welcomed into the hero shooter’s new cross-play future.

To take part in Overwatch’s cross-play feature, players must have a Battle.net account and link it to their console accounts on PlayStation, Switch, or Xbox.

Blizzard also said that cross-play support for Overwatch will not mean cross-progression. Your level and cosmetics won’t carry over between platforms.

Cross-play will be available in all game modes, but Blizzard is limiting how cross-play works in the game’s Competitive mode. Players on console will be matched with each other, while PC players will only be matched with other PC players when playing competitive mode. Players will be able to opt out of cross-play, but they’ll only be matched with other players who have opted out, decreasing the pool of available matches.

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