Overwatch 2 Will Allow Kbm On Console, But You'll Be Up Against Pc Players

Overwatch 2 console players will officially beryllium capable to usage a keyboard and rodent starting pinch nan merchandise of Season 18. In patch notes posted up of nan caller season, nan Overwatch 2 squad says matchmaking pools will beryllium tweaked somewhat truthful players are sorted into a Mouse and Keyboard Pool and a Controller Pool. Those playing connected a console utilizing keyboard and rodent (KBM) inputs will beryllium paired pinch PC players and different KBM console players, while nan Controller Pool will beryllium reserved only for console players utilizing a controller. Season 18 arrives connected August 26.

For players who move to nan Mouse and Keyboard Pool, "your soul MMR, accomplishment ratings and ranks for each crippled modes will beryllium abstracted from your statistic successful nan Controller Pool," according to nan spot notes. This group won't person entree to purpose assist, arsenic has been nan lawsuit and will proceed to beryllium for PC players utilizing a controller. KBM players will person to judge nan punctual to move to that excavation successful bid to play, aliases manually move successful nan Gameplay Options menu.