Overwatch players on console will receive a long-requested feature in the game's next patch - the ability to report other players for bad behaviour.
The change was revealed by director Jeff Kaplan on the Overwatch forums, who said: "Reporting on console will be available when patch 1.14 goes live (the patch that has DM and TDM and is currently on the PTR for testing)."
It's not clear as yet when that patch will be released fully.
While PC players have been able to report players for toxic behaviour, cheating or poor play for some time, console players have only been able to use PSN and Xbox Live's own reporting tools, which are simply not as useful or accurate in pinpointing what a player has done wrong.
Kaplan made clear that this is only the first step:
"It's important to note the reporting system and punishments are very much an ongoing development for us", he wrote. "Improvements will continue over time. We are working on increased punishments for high frequency offenders, email notifications when your reports result in disciplinary action (we're experimenting with this right now and we'll expand this as we refine it) and eventually notifications in the game client when your report results in disciplinary action."
There are more pleasant additions coming soon, too - at Gamescom next week, Blizzard will reveal a new map and animated short.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he still remembers a Symmetra who "wanted to get placed bronze" and committed suicide repeatedly, like in Groundhog Day, but with lasers. Follow him on Twitter.
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