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Enlarge / Blizzard is back on Nintendo Switch with its colorful, popular team-based shooter Overwatch. (credit: Blizzard / Nintendo)

The latest Nintendo Direct video presentation saw the game maker deliver on a huge slew of holiday-timed announcements for first- and third-party fare. Arguably its biggest news came in the form of Overwatch, the mega-popular team-shooter game from Blizzard Entertainment. Nintendo confirmed that we can expect a Switch version of Overwatch on October 15.

Though the game's reveal footage was marked with a "not real gameplay" disclaimer, it at least included confirmation that Blizzard will lean into the Nintendo Switch's unique gyroscope options. Aiming some of the game's combat superpowers, including Junkrat's RIP-Tire attack, can be assigned to rotating the Nintendo Switch or its Joy-Con controllers (though we don't have firm confirmation that this can be disabled, if you prefer to restrict controls to joysticks). The announcement included no information about the potential for cross-play between other platforms.

As has become standard in game-announcement surprises, today's Overwatch news was spoiled by a leak. This one came from a goof-up at Amazon. As spied by the deal-hunting Twitter account Wario64 last week, the site accidentally revealed a new Switch carrying case smothered in Overwatch logos (along with a detailed zipper pull shaped like a Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controller). The accessory listing was almost immediately deleted.

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