
As such, PC and console players will not be able to match in competitive play.Ĭonsole players will likely be disappointed by the way the system works and so will PC players who planned on joining competitive with their console friends. Unfortunately for them, aim assist will always be disabled if you are going into a game with someone on a PC.Ĭurrently, Blizzard has no intentions of enabling aim assist for console players in such scenarios, and this will undoubtedly put console players at a disadvantage. This is all good so far but mixing KB+M and gamepad players obviously has a few hiccups, such as those on controllers requiring aim assist to keep up. As ever, all of this comes with some important disclaimers in regards to the current Overwatch beta. This also means you can carry over any skins and other unlocks you have to any platforms that support cross-progression. Meanwhile, Overwatch Aim-assist is enabled for all console vs. , Blizzard elaborated on how all of this will work.įirst, cross-play will be possible between console and PC players and so will Will fuse the existing player bases by allowing cross-platform interaction, which brings its own challenges.
