Overwatch is coming to Switch! We’d like to yell at you again, just to ensure you definitely heard the first time. And also the second.
On the 15th October (not long before the Halloween update is likely to drop, come to think of it… more on that later), Overwatch makes it debut on Nintendo’s portable console, boasting some new motion control features to shake up the game play for Switch players.
This is all info we knew already, but I got the chance to have a chat with principal game producer Wes Yanagi and lead game producer Matthew Hawley to find details on its planned performance, plans for future support and whether cross-platform progression could make it in future.
Why did you decide to port Overwatch to Switch?
Hawley: I’m super excited we’re on the Nintendo Switch platform, it brings a whole new way to play Overwatch. The gyroscopic aiming alone and being able to play on the couch internally has been a lot of fun, and I’m really excited for other people to get that opportunity as well.