Overwatch Cross-Play Support Now Available - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 July 2021 / 1,487 Views
Developer Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier this month cross-play support will be coming soon to Overwatch and is "powered by the latest global Battle.net update."
The cross-play support update for Overwatch is now available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch. In order to use cross-play on consoles players will have to create and link a Battle.net account to their console.
In celebration of cross-play, anyone who logs in to Overwatch by the end of 2021 will receive a Golden Loot Box.
"With the release of cross-play, all players will need to make a Battle.net account and link their appropriate console accounts," reads a blog post from Blizzard. "With the launch of Cross-Play, everyone who logs in to Overwatch by the end of 2021 will receive a Golden Loot Box to celebrate."
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I play on switch occasionally but isn't this game 60fps on PS4 and Xbox? Would be a major disadvantage going up against them
5 years late, but I guess it's better than nothing at all!
"Now available" is an odd way of saying we are forcing players to make a Battle.Net account. I never had an issue getting into games and only person I play with is on PS4 so would have liked the option for a 'no thanks'.
According to how they made it work, if you aren't partied up with someone on PC you won't ever play against PC players. And Vice Versa. Only way is if you play with someone on PC or are already on PC.
