Blizzard Will Handle Overwatch's Game Balancing Separately on PC and Consoles

Overwatch is a brand-new IP from Blizzard Entertainment, one that marks the PC-veteran game developer's introduction to multiplayer online shooter game genre, one that the studio has never attempted before. The game, which is currently in exclusive beta, is likewise the first title that Blizzard volition release on PC and consoles simultaneously, and perhaps that is why the developer has decided to handle the game with actress intendance past maintaining game balancing separately on PC and consoles.

"We Don't Want to Exercise Anything That Would Damage Consoles Because of PC Tuning," Says Game Director

In a Q&A session with YouTube streamer Th3Jez, game director Jeff Kaplan pointed out Blizzard's decision to balance Overwatch separately on PC and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. He said that gamers will be comforted to know that they game will be specifically optimized for their platform of option. Of class, that'south not what ordinarily happens. Developers usually rest their games with same remainder updates on all platforms, and normally only bug fixes and tweaks are exclusive to one platform version.

"I think the nearly important matter to kind of put the community's heed at ease is that we plan on entirely balancing the game separately for consoles and for PC. We don't plan on balancing it different between Xbox and PlayStation[...] [...] We don't want to do anything that would harm consoles because of PC tuning, and we don't desire to practise anything that would harm PCs because of console tuning."

So there's that, PC and console gamers won't have to blame each others' platform. This is, of course, a very smart motility. Game balancing is one of the well-nigh pressing issues for multiplayer online games as it affects several components of a game. Split game balancing updates for PC and console versions of Overwatch will help the game to accommodate to players' platform of choice. PlayStation 4 and Xbox Ane version of Overwatch, however, will get the aforementioned updates since the team thinks the game is very like on both consoles.

Kaplan also discussed several other things about the gameplay. Yous can bank check out the total video below.

https://world wide web.youtube.com/watch?5=GC3v38Joo4U