Fortnite Battle Royale fans have been given the cross-platform news they’ve been waiting for. Fortnite developer Epic Games has given fans fresh hope of cross-platform play between PS4 and Xbox One. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney believes that cross-platform barriers imposed by Sony and Microsoft will inevitably come down. Speaking at GDC (via GamesIndustry.biz), he said: […]
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Xbox chief says Sony won’t allow cross-platform Minecraft, probably never will
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) The release last month of the Better Together update for Minecraft brought together Minecraft players on most of the game’s many platforms: the Xbox One, Windows 10, mobile, and VR versions of the game now all use the same engine and can all play together without borders. Servers and content will be […]
Sony ‘won’t allow’ cross-platform dino survival in ‘Ark’ either
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The makers of a huge multi-platform game want to unite their disparate users so everyone can play together, regardless of whether they’re playing on PC, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, and Sony is blocking that. This time, it’s Ark: Survival Evolved. Lead designer was answering questions on Twitter […]
Jon ‘Neverdie’ Jacobs raises Ethereum cryptocurrency to enable cross-platform online game avatars
Jon “Neverdie” Jacobs has done some crazy things, like running for “President of Virtual Reality” and buying a virtual asteroid for $ 100,000 in real money in the online game Entropia Universe. Now his Neverdie company is trying to raise a ton of money via the Ethereum cryptocurrency through an initial coin offering (ICO) so […]
Microsoft unifies Minecraft with third-party servers and cross-platform saves
The many versions of Minecraft are going away. Don’t worry — it’s still on your favorite platform, but now the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and mobile versions are all the same thing. Microsoft is unifying its megapopular block-building franchise Minecraft to enable cross-platform multiplayer, saved data, and purchased content. Where previously Minecraft: Xbox One Edition and […]
Lawbreakers dev: PC/console cross-platform play is “dumb”
Enlarge / All those Lawbreakers characters had better be playing on the same platform… After years of online gaming being strictly segregated by platform, recent months have seen a resurgence in the idea of playing with friends and rivals on different hardware. That includes some hesitant attempts by game makers to cross the PC/console barrier […]
Epic Games unveils new cross-platform mobile, PC game Battle Breakers
Early testing in Philippines now Continue reading… Polygon – All
‘Gears of War 4’ adds cross-platform multiplayer in latest update
Microsoft has introduced cross-play compatibility for its sci-fi third-person shooter Gears of War 4, allowing players on the Xbox One and PC platforms to play together in public versus multiplayer matches. The update makes Gears of War 4 one of the few Xbox One titles to support online matches featuring both console and PC players, […]
