Abaningi bakhononde ngokuthi i-Overwatch izizwa ingaphelele, futhi iqiniso liwukuthi iBethesda ikhiphe umdlalo onamandla amaningi, kodwa akukho okunye, njengoba konke okukuwo kuyimodi yabadlali abaningi ejabulisayo. Kodwa-ke, imodi yokuncintisana ye-Overwatch ifika ku-PC namuhla, okujabulisa kakhulu abadlali be-PC kanye nokudumala kwabasebenzisi be-console , njengoba inguqulo yokuncintisana ye-PlayStation 4 ne-Xbox One izobambezeleka okungenani ngonyaka. Omunye unyaka lapho abasebenzisi be-PC kuphela, izithameli eziyinhloko zeBethesda, bazokwazi ukuwujabulela.
Siyakukhumbuza ukuthi iBethesda ibilokhu isebenza kumodi ye-beta yokuncintisana kusukela ngoMeyi odlule, okusho ukuthi ibilokhu ithuthukiswa cishe izinyanga ezimbili. Nakuba bekulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukusebenza ngomhlaka-18 Agasti walo nyaka , usuku lokukhishwa olusemthethweni seludlulile, futhi manje isiyatholakala. Basebenzise izinguquko eziningana ohlelweni, kanye nezijeziso zabadlali abayeka imidlalo ngaphambi kokuba baqede, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imodi yokuncintisana ayinabo labo badlali abaziwa ngokuthi "ama-noobs," abancintisana kuphela uma bewina futhi abangalimaza umphakathi wanoma yimuphi umdlalo uma bekhetha ukwenza kanjalo.
Abasebenzisi be-PlayStation 4 kanye ne-Xbox One kuzodingeka balinde isikhashana ; i-Bethesda ayikaze inikeze usuku oluphelele lokukhishwa, iqinisekisa nje ukutholakala kwayo kuzo zonke izinkundla cishe ngonyaka owodwa. Empeleni, lokhu kube yiphutha elikhulu kunoma yimuphi umdlali we-console ochithe imali kulesi sihloko. Ngokusho kukaJeff Kaplan, imodi yokuncintisana ayikapheleli okwamanje, kodwa izothuthukiswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuze kube yilapho iba yinhle kakhulu, ifanele le nkampani enkulu yemidlalo yevidiyo.