{"id":6688,"date":"2020-07-31T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/overwatch-2-cross-play-jeff-kaplan"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:43:37","slug":"overwatch-2-cross-play-jeff-kaplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/overwatch-2-cross-play-jeff-kaplan","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Kaplan says Overwatch 2 could get cross-play: “This is something we’re passionate about and exploring”"},"content":{"rendered":"
It has been a slow year for Overwatch fans who are eagerly waiting to hear more about the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2016 hero shooter.<\/p>\n
Since the unveiling of Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon 2019, showing off a PvE component and a new PvP mode called Push, Blizzard has tight-lipped about the title, thankfully, Jeff Kaplan gave some information about the future of the franchise.<\/p>\n
The Game Director was asked during a Reddit AMA<\/a> about the possibility of cross-play coming to Overwatch 2, a feature absent from the first title, replying that “this is something we’re passionate about and exploring.”<\/p>\n No specifics were given, but this poses the question of how exactly would Blizzard implement crossplay in Overwatch taking into account how different the experience is across multiple platforms.<\/p>\n For starters, PC and console versions receive different balance changes<\/a> due to the nature of aim assist and the precision of mouse and keyboard inputs. Furthermore, the Nintendo Switch version runs at 30 frames-per-second, compared to the locked 60 fps of Playstation 4 and Xbox One.<\/p>\n These issues might not be as prevalent on the PvE side of things, however, as we’ve seen in games like Fortnite where aim assist has been <\/a>problematic<\/a> in fostering a fair and competitive esport, the PvP side of things will inevitably struggle.<\/p>\n Overwatch 2 has no confirmed released window but it’s highly likely it launches in late 2021 or 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X. Support for current-gen consoles has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has been a slow year for Overwatch fans who are eagerly waiting to hear more about the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2016 hero shooter….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":6689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch","genre-fps","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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