Overwatch will come to Nintendo Switch, and will be announced as part of tonight's Nintendo Direct presentation

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The news leak comes courtesy of Kotaku , which claims to have verified a couple of retail leaks with their own sources. This comes a week after an Amazon listing for an Overwatch Switch case was spotted online, suggesting that it was only a matter of time until Blizzard's hero shooter made an appearance on the console.This will be the first additional platform that Overwatch will have been released for. The game originally launched in May 2016 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and has remained steady on those platforms since. The game is regularly updated with new maps and heroes, and it seems sensible to presume that it will arrive on Nintendo Switch in the same state that it currently exists in on those platforms.Overwatch will reportedly be available on Switch next month, with the leak suggesting an October 15 release date in North America and October 18 in Europe. The news comes months ahead of BlizzCon 2019, which will take place in Anaheim this November, and is the usual venue for Blizzard announcements. Expect further Overwatch news to be announced there.

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