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Game Informer has shared a new round of gameplay showing off Overwatch running on Switch. Get a look at the footage below.

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Overwatch finally releases on Switch this month. It’ll be quite a long while after the system came out, but that wasn’t due to a lack of interest in Blizzard’s part.

Director Jeff Kaplan told The Verge that the team has been thinking about a port since the Switch’s initial launch. He told the site:

GameSpot has shared new footage of Overwatch running on Switch in the systems’s various modes. Get a look at the gameplay in the video below.

Vooks recently had the opportunity to speak with Overwatch principal game producer Wes Yanagi about the upcoming Switch version. Yanagi weighed in on the challenges involved, how conversations started with Nintendo about including motion controls, and the timeline of porting the game over.

You can find responses to these topics below. For the full interview, head on over to Vooks.

Following this week’s announcement of Overwatch for Switch, Eurogamer spoke with a couple of developers behind the game. Specifically, principal game producer Wes Yanagi and lead game producer Matthew Hawley participated in the chat. They commented on variety of topics, including implementing motion controls, maintaining feature parity on Switch, and whether cross-progression could happen in the future.

You can find these highlights from the interview below. For the full piece, head on over to Eurogamer.

With some games on Switch, you have to go through hoops with voice chat. Nintendo’s games, for example, make use of the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app. Thankfully, you won’t have to worry about anything similar for Overwatch.

Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch supports native voice chat on Switch. You simply plug in a headset, and then Blizzard’s servers do all the work.

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Blizzard has shared some new information about Overwatch for Switch.

First, the game will run at 900p when docked and 720p in portable mode. Both modes support 30 frames per second.

It’s also confirmed that Iron Galaxy worked on the game for Switch. The studio has experience working with the console, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s port.

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As part of the latest Nintendo Direct, Overwatch was announced for Switch. We know that the game will be sold at retail, but you won’t actually be getting a physical cartridge. Instead, it includes a download code.

Things will be a bit different in Japan. That region will also be receiving Overwatch in October, though a physical version is confirmed to follow later on. Fans can look forward to a cartridge release here, but a specific release date hasn’t been provided.

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Overwatch will not support cross-play on Switch – at least not at launch. Engadget confirmed the news through a statement provide by Engadget.

That statement reads:


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