Cross-Play Games Might Soon Become Even More Common
«Crossplay enables bigger games, bigger audiences, and growth for the global games industry.»
By Eddie Makuch on
Epic Games, which was one of the first companies behind the effort to push for cross-play across consoles, is now going further and launching its cross-play overlay for Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. Although this doesn't mean a bunch of additional games will suddenly support cross-play, Epic is providing developers with the tools to more easily make it happen. That could mean cross-play becomes even more common in the future.
Epic's cross-play overlay for PC launched about a year ago, in June 2022. This allowed developers and players alike to connect their games and communities across Epic and Steam.
«Crossplay enables bigger games, bigger audiences, and growth for the global games industry. With the added support for the major console platforms, Epic Online Services now enables you to connect more players with a single overlay,» Epic said about the console cross-play overlay.
Officially called the Epic Online Service cross-play overlay, the service is now supported across Epic Games Store, Steam, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation. Epic said there are 750+ million Epic Games accounts that can now connect and play together.
«Anyone that's ever developed a crossplay game knows that there are a lot of elements that go into making it feel seamless,» Epic said. «With the cross-play overlay, any game can enable players to sign in to their Epic Games account on all platforms and easily interact with their friends.»
With the cross-play overlay, players will see one friends list that combines lists from across platforms, which in theory should make it easier to see who is online and invite people into sessions. Game
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